Swiss national bank preview still no reason to move
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瑞士央行前瞻：仍无行动理由
Core conclusion · Tlines extraction
ING expects the Swiss National Bank to keep its policy rate at 0% next Thursday and hold over coming quarters. Swiss GDP rose 1.5% quarter-on-quarter in Q2, but almost half came from volatile chemicals and pharma, so a second-half deceleration is likely. Headline inflation rose to 0.8% year-on-year in August, yet excluding petroleum it was just 0.3%, keeping inflation well within the SNB's 0-2% target. The strong franc still buffers imported prices. FX intervention remains a one-sided backstop against abrupt franc appreciation, not the base case.
- Institution
- ING THINK
- Published
- 09/18/2026
- Research topic
- Inflation · EUR/USD · Crude Oil (WTI)
- Time horizon
- 2026
Key arguments
- Stronger Q2 growth does not threaten price stability: underlying inflation is extremely weak and domestic second-round effects remain limited.
- The strong franc continues to buffer imported inflation, with imported goods around 22% of the CPI, explaining why the energy shock is less inflationary in Switzerland.
- The SNB is likely to revise its conditional inflation forecast slightly higher in the short term, but no significant medium-term revision is expected.
- FX intervention remains a one-sided backstop against abrupt franc appreciation; a return to 2022-style selling of foreign currency is unlikely.
Key numbers
- SNB policy rate
- 0% (expected unchanged)
- Q2 GDP growth
- +1.5% quarter-on-quarter (sporting-event adjusted)
- August headline inflation
- 0.8% year-on-year
- August inflation ex-petroleum
- 0.3% year-on-year
- Petroleum product prices
- +25.2% year-on-year
Main risks
- A renewed safe-haven shock could push the franc sharply higher, revive deflation risks and force SNB FX purchases.
- About half of Q2 growth came from volatile chemicals and pharmaceuticals, so a second-half deceleration may be sharper than expected.
- The recent moderate franc weakening could add limited upward pressure on imported prices, but the currency remains strong by historical standards.
Corresponding source evidence
We expect the Swiss National Bank to keep its policy rate at 0% next Thursday and to remain on hold over the coming quarters Swiss National Bank Chairman Martin Schlegel The economy has performed better than expected The Swiss economy has recently delivered a positive surprise.
Stronger growth is not an inflation risk The stronger growth performance does not, in our view, represent a significant risk to price stability.
Nevertheless, inflation remains comfortably within the SNB’s 0-2% inflation target.
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