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Reuters file photo Switzerland’s national flag flies in front of the headquarters of Swiss bank Credit Suisse in Zurich in July.
Reuters
16:43 JST, September 22, 2022
ZURICH (Reuters) — The Swiss National Bank raised its policy interest rate by 0.75 percentage point on Thursday — only the second increase in 15 years — as it joined other central banks in tightening monetary policy to curb rising prices.
The SNB increased its policy rate to 0.5% from the minus 0.25% level it set in June. Previously Swiss rates had been frozen at minus 0.75% for years as the SNB tried to tame the appreciation of the Swiss franc.
Most economists polled by Reuters had expected the SNB to raise its policy rate to 0.5%.
