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A round up of the latest Swiss Franc forecast news items from the Currency News desk.

GBP to CHF Exchange Rate Slumps to 4 Month Worst as Coronavirus Prompts Safe Haven Surge

6 Mar 2020 at 3 PM - Written by Ben Hughes

Despite the market’s rising expectations for interest rate cuts from the Swiss National Bank (SNB), Bank of England (BoE) interest rate cut bets are even more significant this week and the British Pound to Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) exchange rate has seen notable losses. Brexit uncertainties and coronavirus developments are offsetting...

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GBP to CHF Exchange Rate Near 4-Month-Worst as Safe Havens March Higher

3 Mar 2020 at 3 PM - Written by David Woodsmith

Attempts from officials to offer reassurance over the coronavirus crisis have failed to impress financial markets today, and persisting safe haven demand kept the British Pound to Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) exchange rate near its recent lows. The Pound outlook has been throttled by revived hard Brexit fears, as well as fresh concerns that Covid-19...

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Pound Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) Exchange Rate Steady, Swiss Safe-Haven Threatened by Covid-15 Fears

25 Feb 2020 at 2 PM - Written by John Cameron

GBP/CHF Exchange Rate Rangebound as Coronavirus Fears Hit Switzerland The Pound Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) exchange rate edged higher by 0.2% today, with the pairing currently trading around 1.268Fr after CHF was hit by rising fears over the spread of coronavirus (Covid-15) in Sweden’s neighbouring country Italy. Margaret Harris, the...

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Pound Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) Exchange Rate Steady as UK Manufacturing PMI Rises in February

21 Feb 2020 at 2 PM - Written by John Cameron

GBP/CHF Exchange Rate Rangebound as Brexit Uncertainty Haunts UK Markets The Pound Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) exchange rate held steady today, with the pairing currently trading around 1.268fr following the release of the Markit services PMI for February, which fell came in at a strong 53.3, while the manufacturing PMI beat forecasts and rose to...

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GBP to CHF Exchange Rate Fails to Hold 5-Month-Best despite Announcement of New UK-EU Brexit Deal

17 Oct 2019 at 4 PM - Written by Tim Boyer

Despite today’s news that a new UK-EU Brexit deal has finally been reached, the British Pound to Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) exchange rate only briefly touched on best levels today before sliding and trending lower again. Resilience in the Swiss Franc, combined with lasting uncertainty over whether the Brexit deal would actually pass through UK...

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GBP to CHF Exchange Rate Plummets to Monthly Low as Sterling’s Brexit Woes Return

8 Oct 2019 at 5 PM - Written by David Woodsmith

Due to a combination of fresh no-deal Brexit fears and market safe haven demand, the British Pound to Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) exchange rate slumped today. The Swiss Franc was able to easily capitalise on the Pound’s poor performance, but this was more due to global news and risk-sentiment than any domestic support for the Swiss...

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Pound Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) Exchange Rate Edges Highers as UK Supreme Court Rules Commons Prorogation Unlawful

24 Sep 2019 at 4 PM - Written by John Cameron

GBP/CHF Exchange Rate Rises, Conservative Government under Pressure to Avoid No-Deal Brexit The Pound Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) exchange rate rose by around 1.233Chf following the UK Supreme Court’s ruling of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of the House of Commons as unlawful, or ‘justifiable’. As a result, the Pound rose...

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Pound Sterling Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) Exchange Rate Buoyed by Decreased UK Recession Risk

9 Sep 2019 at 4 PM - Written by John Cameron

Pound Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) Exchange Rate Rises as Service Sector Boosts UK Growth The Pound Sterling Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) exchange rate rallied and the pairing is currently trading at an inter-bank rate of 1.2247Fr. Better-than-expected UK growth data buoyed Sterling, allowing the pairing to rise to its highest level since the end...

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Pound Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) Exchange Rate Defies Downtrend as Safe-Haven Demand Falters

21 Aug 2019 at 3 PM - Written by Frank Davies

Lack of Safe-Haven Demand Benefits Pound Sterling Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) Exchange Rate As general market sentiment improved this helped to keep the Pound Sterling to Swiss Franc (GBP/CHF) exchange rate on a positive footing. Weak levels of safe-haven demand dragged the Swiss Franc lower across the board on Wednesday, in spite of the...

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Pound Swiss Franc Exchange Rate News: GBP/CHF Slumps to Two-Year Low as UK Government Working on the ‘Assumption of a No-deal Brexit’

29 Jul 2019 at 11 AM - Written by John Cameron

Pound (GBP) Bludgeoned by No-deal Brexit Fears The Pound (GBP) beat a hasty retreat against the Swiss Franc (CHF) and the majority of its other peers at the start of this week as markets reacted to the latest Brexit comments made by members of Boris Johnson’s new cabinet. This was initially sparked by comments made by Michael Gove in...

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