Economics

SNB Can’t Get the Banks Off Its Back About Negative Rates

  • More reserves will be exempt from Switzerland’s -0.75% levy
  • But move gives central bank more leeway to cut rates even more
Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg
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The Swiss National Bank’s efforts to ease some of the squeeze from negative interest rates hasn’t calmed the finance industry.