Business Welcome to the era of the expensive money, Thomas Jordan admits Global monetary policy is entering a new phase of higher interest rates to combat resurgent inflation, Thomas Jordan, chairman of the Swiss National Bank, told Bilanz magazine in an interview. “… Read More
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Europe puts pressure on Switzerland to adopt the prohibition on degassing for inland tankers while sailing
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Welcome to the era of the expensive money, Thomas Jordan admits 26 May 2022 Global monetary policy is entering a new phase of higher interest rates to combat resurgent inflation, Thomas Jordan, chairman of the Swiss National Bank, told Bilanz magazine in an interview. “It’s a new situation, for the first time since 2008, we’re seeing monetary policy move toward tightening in most currency areas,” Jordan told the magazine in an article published Friday. …
Crypto companies surrounded Davos forum with commercial displays 24 May 2022 Cryptocurrency-related technology companies have rolled out at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, even after the recent market crash wiped out billions of dollars in value from the crypto market. The boardwalk, a large sector where companies and governments take over shops and bars during Forum week, is dominated by crypto companies and belongs to the greats such as …
Swiss ban on track racing may be lifted after almost 70 years on the draft 19 May 2022 Since 1955, motorsport races on closed circuits have been banned in Switzerland, but this may change in the relatively short term after a vote on a change in the country’s traffic laws. A Swiss Committee on Transport and Telecommunications on Tuesday approved by ten votes to three a revision of traffic laws in Switzerland. Part of the package of changes …
Swiss voted for streaming revenue tax and border control budget 17 May 2022 In Switzerland, it was decided during a referendum that international streaming services will also have to invest in local productions. This will make Switzerland the next European nation to use the revenues of major streaming services to support the local film and television market and stimulate the creation of local content. The proposal was approved by 58 percent of the …
Europe puts pressure on Switzerland to adopt the prohibition on degassing for inland tankers while sailing 12 May 2022 Minister (NL) Mark Harbers of infrastructure and Water Management is going to increase the pressure on Switzerland to get a faster ban on sailing degassing. According to the minister, Switzerland is the last country of the so-called Rhine-bank countries to approve the new agreements on shipping degassing. Minister Harbers is in talks with his Swiss colleague to accelerate this and …
Lausanne to test-run recreational weed initiative 12 May 2022 Switzerland is fast becoming the first country in Europe Union to provide regulated recreational weed. True, it was an experiment, but still a year earlier than we can expect in the Netherlands from the experimentally closed coffee shop chain. This week it became known that in addition to Basel, which already has approval to start this summer, the city of …
