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Switzerland Interest Rate

Switzerland Interest Rate

SNB Policy Rate in Switzerland

The SNB Policy Rate ended 2022 at 1.00%, up from the -0.75% end-2021 value and significantly up from the reading of 0.13% a decade earlier. For more interest rate information, visit our dedicated page.

Switzerland Interest Rate Chart

Note: This chart displays Policy Interest Rate (%) for Switzerland from 2013 to 2022.
Source: Swiss National Bank.

Switzerland Interest Rate Data

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
SNB Policy Rate (%, eop) -0.75 -0.75 -0.75 -0.75 1.00
10-Year Bond Yield (%, eop) -0.15 -0.46 -0.53 -0.13 1.57

SNB keeps rates unchanged in September

At its meeting on 21 September, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) kept its policy rate at 1.75%. Market analysts were expecting a 25 basis point increase. Moreover, the Bank reiterated its willingness to intervene in FX markets by selling foreign currency, in order to support the franc and thus tame imported price pressures. The decision to keep rates unchanged was driven by the fact that inflation more than halved from January to August, and now comfortably meets the SNB’s target of below-2% inflation. Moreover, the SNB was downbeat about prospects for the economy in the second half of 2023. Regarding forward guidance, the SNB stated that it “cannot be ruled out that a further tightening of monetary policy may become necessary to ensure price stability”. That said, the Central Bank is likely to stay on hold at the final meeting of the year on 14 December, before rate cuts in 2024, given our Consensus for mild inflation ahead. On the outlook, analysts at ING said: “If, as we expect, the economic outlook continues to deteriorate over the next few months, it is likely that today's pause will extend into December and 2024. A further rate hike in December cannot be ruled out, but at this stage the most likely outcome is that the rate hike cycle effectively ended in June.”

Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years

How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Swiss interest rate projections for the next ten years from a panel of 12 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable interest rate forecast available for Swiss interest rate.

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