Created
: 2025.06.03
2025.06.03 20:43
The US Dollar is posting moderate gains on Tuesday's European session, reaching intra-day highs past the 0.8200 psychological level, after bouncing up from at 0.8155, six-week lows. Easing concerns about trade wars are supporting the US Dollar's recovery, and weighing on the safe-haven Swiss Franc.
In Switzerland, May's Consumer Prices Index fell to deflation levels for the first time since 2021. The monthly CPI ticked up 0.1% after a flat reading, as expected, but yearly inflation contracted 0.1%, cementing hopes that the SNB will cut its benchmark rate to zero at its June meeting.
In the US, data from Monday confirmed that the tariff uncertainty is taking its toll on the manufacturing sector. The ISM Manufacturing PMI eased to 48.3 in May from 48.8 in April against market expectations of an increase to 49.5. The ISM report also highlighted longer delivery times, spurring concerns about potential shortages in some products.
The market will be attentive to April´s Factory Orders today for a more accurate assessment of Trump's "Liberation Day" in factory activity. New orders are expected to have fallen at a 3% rate in the month, following a 3.4% increase in the previous month. The risk is skewed to the downside for the USDollar.
Apart from that, US JOLTS Job Openings are expected to show that demand for employment remained fairly steady, with 7.1 million openings in April, after the 7.19 million seen in the previous month. These figures will frame Wednesday's ADP report and Friday's Nonfarm Payrolls release. The Dollar would need strong employment figures to ease concerns from factory data.
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is the country's central bank. As an independent central bank, its mandate is to ensure price stability in the medium and long term. To ensure price stability, the SNB aims to maintain appropriate monetary conditions, which are determined by the interest rate level and exchange rates. For the SNB, price stability means a rise in the Swiss Consumer Price Index (CPI) of less than 2% per year.
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) Governing Board decides the appropriate level of its policy rate according to its price stability objective. When inflation is above target or forecasted to be above target in the foreseeable future, the bank will attempt to tame excessive price growth by raising its policy rate. Higher interest rates are generally positive for the Swiss Franc (CHF) as they lead to higher yields, making the country a more attractive place for investors. On the contrary, lower interest rates tend to weaken CHF.
Yes. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has regularly intervened in the foreign exchange market in order to avoid the Swiss Franc (CHF) appreciating too much against other currencies. A strong CHF hurts the competitiveness of the country's powerful export sector. Between 2011 and 2015, the SNB implemented a peg to the Euro to limit the CHF advance against it. The bank intervenes in the market using its hefty foreign exchange reserves, usually by buying foreign currencies such as the US Dollar or the Euro. During episodes of high inflation, particularly due to energy, the SNB refrains from intervening markets as a strong CHF makes energy imports cheaper, cushioning the price shock for Swiss households and businesses.
The SNB meets once a quarter - in March, June, September and December - to conduct its monetary policy assessment. Each of these assessments results in a monetary policy decision and the publication of a medium-term inflation forecast.
Created
: 2025.06.03
Last updated
: 2025.06.03
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