Switzerland’s inflation rate was unchanged in March, but that news has been overshadowed by the much higher-than-expected tariffs announced by the US on Swiss goods yesterday which weaken the outlook for both activity and inflation. On balance, we now think the SNB is more likely to cut its policy rate in June to zero than to leave unchanged at 0.25% as we had previously been forecasting.
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