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		<title>Speculation of SNB’s Move Keeps Swissie Trade Brisk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Zigah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(eToro Blog) Swiss bulls stand at the ready for an SNB intervention. Speculation is rife that it will come soon and recent data pointing to a slowing down of the Swiss economy may hasten the decision. Yesterday, it was reported that the pace of Swiss manufacturing slowed in January, even as the frail Eurozone showed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euro-area PMIs Surprise, but Swiss PMI Disappoints – Is an SNB Intervention Ahead?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Zigah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(eToro Blog) In the broader Eurozone area, the earlier release of Purchasing Managers’ Indices for January offered investors a few surprises, most welcome but one decidedly not. In the United Kingdom, the Office of National Statistics read for January’s manufacturing PMI was reported higher at 52.1 from a revised reading of 49.7 and besting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SNB’s Latest Blip Gives EUR/CHF Traders a Thrill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Zigah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(eToro Blog) In spite of the $1.20 Euro-peg implemented in September of last year by the Swiss National Bank, yesterday the Swiss Franc took a hard and fast (and ultimately short-lived) fall against the Euro, touching on $1.21360. Traders wondered if the SNB wasn’t once again making an official surprise intervention. The SNB has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SNB’s Hildebrand Resigns; Perhaps Not Voluntarily</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Zigah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(eToro Blog) Yesterday, it was reported that Philipp Hildebrand, the Chairman of the Swiss National Bank, voluntarily resigned his position following allegations that his wife had engaged in a transaction which netted her a significant profit upon the SNB’s pegging of the Swiss Franc to the Euro. The former Chairman said that because he could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Banks Coordinate Effort to Meet Global Liquidity Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Zigah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(eToro Blog) Earlier, a coordinated effort by the world’s central banks was announced geared towards capacity enhancement in order to offer global markets additional liquidity support. The participants include the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank. The purpose of their collective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss Jobs Rate, Inflation Improving Even as SNB Talks of Resetting Peg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Zigah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(eToro Blog) There was a bit of good, or at least unexpected, news coming out Switzerland this morning with the separate reports that the country’s unemployment rate rose less than forecast and inflation declined. According to the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, the unemployment rate for the month of October rose to an enviable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss National Bank Considering a Higher Euro Peg, says J.P. Morgan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Zigah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(eToro Blog) Well over a month ago, the Swiss National Bank pegged the Swiss Franc to the Euro, with a warning that the central bank would make every effort to keep the safe-haven currency beneath a 1.20 ceiling. To date, they’ve succeeded. Now, though, Swiss-based businesses want the central bank to do more, saying that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Flurry of PMI Releases Shows Surprises, Good and Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.etoro.com/blog/forex-news/european-focus/eur/03102011/first-flurry-of-pmi-releases-shows-surprises-good-and-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Zigah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; (eToro Blog)  The Swiss economy continues to show signs of deterioration, the lingering repercussions of a too-strong Swiss Franc, even as neighboring Eurozone economies hold steady. The Credit Suisse/SVME Purchasing Manager’s Index, which gauges business sentiment in the manufacturing sector, fell to 48.2 in September declining from August’s 51.7 and falling below the consensus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outlook for the Swiss Economy Darkens</title>
		<link>http://www.etoro.com/blog/forex-news/european-focus/chf-european-focus/27092011/outlook-for-the-swiss-economy-darkens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Zigah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Barbara Zigah &#160; (eToro Blog) Clearly, the troubles aren’t over yet for Switzerland, in spite of the Euro pegging exercise conducted by the SNB earlier this month. Two recent economic releases point to a worrying outlook. First, UBS earlier today published its consumption indicator for August, which fell to 0.79 from the previous period’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SNB with Finger on the Trigger, Countering CHF Demand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Zigah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Barbara Zigah &#160; (eToro Blog) Rumors that began circulating yesterday, hinting that the Swiss National Bank might be considering setting a new, even lower peg than the current 1.20 against the Euro, are not being dismissed as pure speculation. Some believe that the central bank could set a new level, possibly to 1.25. However, [...]]]></description>
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