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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Nathalie OLOF-ORS

Switzerland Becomes First Developed Economy To Cut Interest Rate

The Swiss central bank's rate cut surprised most analysts (Credit: AFP)

The Swiss National Bank cut interest rates on Thursday -- the first to do so among the major central banks, saying the battle against inflation was working almost two years after launching its monetary tightening campaign.

The SNB eased its monetary policy and cut its rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.5 percent, effective from Friday, in its first interest rate cut since it began to hike them in June 2022.

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