Adding to his earlier comments, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) Chairman Thomas Jordan, in the post-meeting press conference, said that the central bank has sufficient room to manoeuvre on rates and react to any shock.
Key quotes:
- Need to take the international environment for interest rates into account.
- Globally, the time for interest rate rises appears to have been pushed back.
- SNB is never explicit about FX market transactions.
- The international environment has had an impact on the Swiss economy.