The designation of Switzerland as a “currency manipulator” by the US Treasury means that the SNB will enter 2021 on the economic equivalent of the naughty step. However, we suspect that the incoming US administration will be more sympathetic to the specific challenges faced by the SNB and Swiss policymakers will continue to be given a free pass to intervene as necessary.
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