Swiss National Bank joins the unconventional club

The SNB’s decision to cut interest rates to 0.25%, provide more liquidity to the banking sector, intervene in currency markets and purchase bonds from the private sector, pushes it towards the top of the table of central banks acting aggressively to stem the effects of the global crisis.

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