The Swiss franc, or simply the franc, is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is also legal tender in the Italian exclave...
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Banknotes of the Swiss franc are issued by the Swiss National Bank in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 1,000 Swiss francs. Between 2016 and 2019...
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The coins of the Swiss franc are the official coins used in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The name of the subunit is centime in French and internationally...
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and most of Francophone Africa. The Swiss franc is a major world currency today due to the prominence of Swiss financial institutions. Before the introduction...
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The Swiss franc (plural: francs; in German: Frank, plural: Franken) has been the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920. The Swiss franc is legal tender...
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Philipp Hildebrand (category Chairmen of the Board of Swiss National Bank)
foreign currency reserves worth over 200 billion Swiss francs (Codes: CHF, SFr). As the Swiss franc has appreciated, the interventions caused losses on...
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svizra) is the central bank of Switzerland, responsible for the nation's monetary policy and the sole issuer of Swiss franc banknotes. The primary goal of...
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one of the smallest of developed countries. The Swiss Federal budget reached 62.8 billion Swiss francs in 2010, 11.35% of GDP; however, canton and municipality...
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Reserve currency (section Swiss franc)
exchange reserves held in Swiss francs has historically been well below 0.5%. The daily trading market turnover of the franc, however, ranked fifth, or...
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the population of Switzerland were native speakers of German (either Swiss or Standard German) at home; 22.8% French (mostly Swiss French, but including...
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ISO 4217 (redirect from Financial franc)
Algerian dinar, Aruban florin, Cayman dollar, renminbi, sterling and the Swiss franc have been assigned codes which do not closely resemble abbreviations...
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fines. On January 15, 2015 following a large increase in the price of Swiss francs, FXCM lost $225 million and was in breach of regulatory capital requirements...
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Switzerland managed 870 billion Swiss francs worth of assets. In 2014, this number was estimated to be 960 billion Swiss francs. In 2023, Switzerland...
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trillion at the end of 2020. Swiss reserves are compiled in Swiss francs. Since the 2007–2008 financial crisis, the Swiss franc has significantly appreciated...
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ActivTrades (section The Swiss franc case)
secure trading environment for its clients. This was evident with the Swiss-Franc decision in 2015. As a broker offering balance protection, ActivTrades...
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Currency intervention (section Swiss franc)
Settlements. "Swiss franc jumps 30 percent after Swiss National Bank dumps euro ceiling". Reuters. January 15, 2015. "Why the Swiss unpegged the franc". The Economist...
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Vreneli (category Economy of Switzerland)
Goldvreneli) is the informal name for a range of legal tender gold coins of the Swiss franc. The coins were issued between 1897 and 1936, in 1947 and in 1949. All...
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Uzbekistan (2006) and Belarus (2006). The currency of Switzerland is the Swiss franc. Switzerland (with Liechtenstein) is in the unusual position of being...
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ranked just ahead of the Swiss franc, ranked fifth, which is used in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, saying that the set up of the Swiss banking "emphasizes...
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The CFA franc (French: franc CFA, [fʁɑ̃ seɛfɑ]) is the name of two currencies used by 210 million people (as of 2023) in fourteen African countries: the...
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which is often referred to as the Swiss customs area. Liechtenstein utilizes the Swiss franc as its national currency. Swiss border police and customs officers...
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Thaler (section Switzerland)
valued at 3.9 francs or 39 batzen. In 1850 Switzerland established the modern-day Swiss franc at par with the French franc, with 40 Swiss francs exchanged...
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gold franc and the Swiss franc would have coexisted side-by-side. Due to the fixed metallic content of the gold franc, its exchange rate with the Swiss franc...
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no more than once per second. The SMI is calculated in Swiss Francs, the currency of the Swiss Confederation. The securities contained in the SMI currently...
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Bretton Woods system (section Swiss franc)
to the currency reform of 1 January 1960 are shown in new francs or FRF worth 100 old francs. Note: Converted to euro on 1 January 1999 at €1 = 1,936.27...
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SARON (redirect from Swiss Average Rate Overnight)
stands for Swiss Average Rate Overnight and is a measurement of the overnight interest rate of the secured funding market denominated in Swiss Franc (CHF)...
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francs. The smallest note in use is 50 francs. Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo CFA franc Comorian franc Djiboutian franc Swiss franc Boehme...
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(NZD) Norwegian krone (NOK) Pound sterling (GBP) Swedish krona (SEK) Swiss franc (CHF) United States dollar (USD) In some banking circles, reference is...
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Liechtenstein (category CS1 Swiss High German-language sources (de-ch))
Area. It has a customs union and a monetary union with Switzerland, with its usage of the Swiss franc. Politically, a constitutional referendum in 2003 granted...
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