Forex

The British currency suffered a massive temporary loss in value overnight, diving 10% against the dollar in just minutes – a so-called flash crash. It fell from around $1.26 to near $1.14 in trading in Asia before recovering somewhat by the time Europe woke up, it was the most aggressive move since the results of the Brexit vote emerged in June.

With traders struggling to find whether it was a "fat finger error" or related to fears over Brexit, the Bank of England said in a statement: “We are looking at the causes of the sharp falls over night".

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n the second quarter the balance of current transactions in Switzerland showed a surplus of 17.3 billion francs, 3.4 billion less than the same period last year and 7.9 billion more in the first quarter of 2016.

Total revenue reached 143.9 billion, the outputs 126.6 billion, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) reports in a press release today. The balance of goods and services amounted to +19.5 billion, one of the primary revenue up 1.5 billion and that of secondary revenues to 3.7 billion.

The Bank of England introduced its first plastic 5-pound banknotes Tuesday in UK. They depict Winston Churchill, and are two and a half times more resistant than paper money, in use for over 300 years. Next year, the plastic £ 10 note with the English writer Jane Austen will go into circulation, and followed by the painter J.M.W. Turner £20 note by 2020. In a press release, the bank said it has printed 440 million of the "New Fivers," which will begin to show up immediately in ATMs and at bank counters.

The ECB did not announce changes to its monetary policy last week. Draghi also gave no indication as to possible future action, as he often used to do, and has categorically refused to comment on any potential evolution of the QE program (purchase of stocks, bank bonds or even helicopter money).

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) left unchanged its monetary policy: the 3-month Libor remains between -1.25% and -0.25% while the deposit rate is at -0,75%. "The negative interest rate and the SNB’s willingness to intervene in the foreign exchange market are intended to make Swiss franc investments less attractive, thereby easing upward pressure on the currency", the SNB wrote in the note. For 2016 as a whole, the SNB now expects growth of approximately 1.5%.

The institute also reaffirms its intention to remain active on the currency market if necessary. The decision does not represent a surprise: they were expected by all experts polled by Reuters last week.