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How to use the word franc in a Sentence?

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Going forward, the monetary policy message is on the hawkish side, for SNB economists, the Swiss franc is not over-valued anymore ; second, inflation is expected to be above the limit that is associated with price stability in Switzerland.

Gero Jung

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is a textbook flight to quality into yen and the Swiss franc on the new virus strain with the thin liquidity also a factor which may accelerate the unwinding of short bond positions.

Kenneth Broux

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

If you look at the breakdown of franc performance since the start of the year, it is clear that franc underperformance has been concentrated versus the high beta currencies and sterling in particular.

Kamal Sharma

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The numbers dont lie, i earn more from the sale of a necktie than from the sale of a million-franc dress. Its counterintuitive, but the accounts prove it. In the end, its all about the numbers.

Pierre Cardin

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

In periods like this, you should be long the U.S. dollar, the yen, and Swiss franc and short everything with low liquidity like the Swedish krona, Norwegian krona, and currencies close to global growth like the Australian and Canadian dollars.

Momtchil Pojarliev

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This could be because of safe-haven flows into the franc due to the risk-off environment linked to the coronavirus.

Credit Suisse economist Maxime Botteron

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

As other banks have been doing for some time, Credit Suisse is introducing negative interest rates for clients with very high Swiss franc cash holdings, the reason for this is the persistent negative interest rate environment.

Credit Suisse

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The franc should in its first reaction appreciate.

Kaspar Hense

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We're convinced that given the difficult situation with an overvalued Swiss franc, a negative output gap, and negative inflation, the current approach is the right one - expansion in monetary policy with negative rates and willingness to intervene.

The SNB

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

That measure can end up increasing imports by mining companies, which might then counter the (government's) move of trying to increase the value of the franc.

Cephas Forichi

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I'm a very strong proponent of voluntary solution to the Swiss franc loans issue, we have bilateral agreements with other countries and if we have a mandatory solution, foreign investors will have the right to go to foreign tribunals to be heard. I don't want to have to face some litigation a few years down the line.

Mateusz Morawiecki

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm a very strong proponent of voluntary solution to Swiss franc loans issue, we have bilateral agreements with other countries and if we have a mandatory solution foreign investors will have the right to go to foreign tribunals to be heard. I don't want to have to face some litigation few years down the line.

Mateusz Morawiecki

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The draft bill includes a complicated algorithm which shows how to calculate the fair (franc) rate, the rate (which results from the algorithm) means that neither zloty nor foreign currency borrowers are privileged against each others.

Maciej Pawlicki

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If things get nastier, then we could see them (investors) coming into the franc, but at the current moment they seem to prefer the U.S. dollar and the yen.

Joachim Corbach

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The SNB looks to have regained control over the franc and a lot of investors believe that.

Joachim Corbach

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Nobody who was involved in the franc on Jan. 15 will ever forget that one, what the move was like, i've been doing this for nearly 28 years and that was a unique move.

Tim Mueller

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The recent strengthening of the Swiss franc increased the pressure to improve the business economics by relocating.

Christian Thalheimer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The market thinks the latest bout of risk aversion will drive the Fed to postpone a rate hike, that is weighing on the dollar, while the yen, the franc and the euro are all trading higher.

Niels Christensen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The strong franc is only one challenge on the list, what is more worrying are the constant changes in (legislative) framework conditions.

Nestle Chief Executive Paul Bulcke

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In my opinion, if we're not helping zloty-denominated mortgage holders (as well), then we can't put the entire burden of helping Swiss franc mortgage holders on banks, i think that if we're going to implement this bill, then we should return to the 50/50 split.

Marek Sawicki

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Many borrowers might not want to do that, also, there's a probability that the (Swiss) franc will weaken. Then, as the state, we would be accused of fraud.

Marek Belka

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

FICC is showing some signs of life but that is because rates are back, commodities are back and there's been more volatility surrounding events like the Swiss franc cap. This is positive given the dull FICC markets in recent years.

Christopher Wheeler

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The SNB will come under pressure to do everything it can to depreciate or stop the appreciation of the franc, however the options are very limited.

Thomas Straubhaar

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There's certainly a fear in the market of being long the Swiss franc now because the SNB could weaken it.

Douglas Borthwick

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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