Tag Archive: inflation

Swiss Inflation Unchanged, HICP Difference Euro Area to Switzerland Down to 1.6 percent

Swiss inflation unchanged in April against March. The inflation difference between the Euro area and Switzerland on a new low. While in early 2012 it was near 4%, if has shrunk now to 1.6%. Details

Read More »

March Swiss Inflation Up 0.2 percent MoM, Down -0.6 percent YoY

Swiss inflation edged up 0.2% MoM when seasonal effects on clothes and footware were corrected. On a year basis, the CPI fell by 0.6%. Major reason were the falling energy prices, details

Read More »

The Transfer Union from South to North since 2008: Wolfgang Schäuble, the Evil Genius of the Euro Crisis

Wolfgang Schäuble has become the evil genius of the euro crisis. He has understood that the Cyprus crisis won't lead to a bank-run and collapse of capital markets. We all know that the US is now recovering.

Read More »

Difference between Eurozone and Swiss Inflation Rates Continues to Shrink

The gap has fallen from 3.7% in February 2012 to 2.1%. Swiss CPI is rising on monthly basis, but still negative with 0.3% YoY.

Read More »

Will the SNB Start Financial Repression too?

Most recent Swiss inflation data show that several items have risen by 1% in one month. Former ECB member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi claims that a currency war would lead to financial repression even by central banks that predominantly concentrate on price stability - like the SNB.

Read More »

Eurostat Inflation Dashboard



Read More »

Latest Swiss Inflation Details



Read More »

Goldman Sachs: Reducing Wages in Periphery Is Not Enough

The must-read Goldman analysis on Zerohedge: it is not enough to reduce wages in Greece or Spain. These countries will see lost decade(s). Completely in-line with our analysis that

Read More »