IMF Staff Country Reports

Switzerland: Selected Issues Paper

May 26, 2011

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Switzerland: Selected Issues Paper, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed September 27, 2024

Summary

The paper assesses the competitiveness of Swiss exporters, and shows that the effect of nominal exchange rate on trade balance depends on the degree of exchange rate pass-through and on trade elasticities. It highlights that the degree of exchange rate pass-through should also be factored in monetary policy decisions. The authorities are considering legislative changes to strengthen macroprudential oversight by supporting the mutual cooperation between Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and Swiss National Bank (SNB) over the financial stability. The scope of the too-big-to-fail (TBTF) proposal should also be broadened to address systematic risk.

Subject: Exchange rates, Exports, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability, Foreign exchange, International trade, Legal support in revenue administration, Revenue administration, Systemic risk

Keywords: Auditing power, CR, Department II, Exchange rate pass-through, Exchange rates, Exports, Financial sector stability, FINMA Board, FINMA vis-à-vis, Global, Information gathering power, ISCR, Legal support in revenue administration, SNB work, Supervision, Systemic risk

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    43

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2011/116

  • Stock No:

    1CHEEA2011002

  • ISBN:

    9781455284610

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685