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ZURICH (Reuters) -The Swiss National Bank sees a high bar before reintroducing negative interest rates, chairman Martin Schlegel said in his last interview before the central bank's monetary policy ...

A 25-basis-point interest rate cut was widely expected from the Swiss National Bank. Swiss inflation turned negative in May, with prices falling 0.1% from a year earlier. The strength of the Swiss ...

Economists have largely abandoned forecasts that the Swiss National Bank will cut interest rates into negative territory, according to a Bloomberg survey. Just two forecasters — Barclays and Bloomberg ...

The Swiss National Bank may have cut its interest rate to zero, but the way it penalizes banks’ excess reserve holdings means lenders will face negative rates if they park too much cash at the central ...

The Federal Reserve's policy rate is a long way from its lowest point, but markets remain concerned about a return to zero interest rates, according to findings from the Federal Reserve Banks of New ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

The world envies Swiss chocolate, army knives, and now . . . interest rates? Swiss National Bank, Switzerland’s central bank, moved interest rates to zero this week, a reduction of 25 basis points, ...

Accelerating inflation in the U.S. and beyond is leaving the Federal Reserve and other central banks with an acute problem – ...

ZURICH (Reuters) -The Swiss National Bank cut its interest rate to zero on Thursday and did not rule out returning borrowing costs to negative territory in future, although it stressed this was not a ...

As Australians pay more on their mortgages, some countries have had no rise in their interest rate in recent years. So what's going on?