40+ dead in fire at Swiss bar after midnight — Tragedy strikes in crowded luxury bar. Waitress caused fire with candles in basement, panicked scene.

https://twitter.com/TridentxIN/status/2006630989947445542 'They say the fire originated from birthday candles placed on champagne bottles' Will Godley discusses reports on the origins of the Swiss ski resort explosion which authorities estimate killed 40 people. pic.twitter.com/8YzmgwIQjj — GB News (@GBNEWS) January 1, 2026 …

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Swiss Say NO to Inheritance Taxes

by Martin Armstrong Governments believe the people should pay for their shortfalls. Switzerland proposed a 50% inheritance tax on fortunes above $62 million USD (50 million Swiss francs). Voters overwhelmingly said NO with 78% voting against the cash grab. Leftist …

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Swiss National Bank slashes rates to zero to stop deflation, opening door to negative rates even without crisis. Purchasing power destruction and capital rotation towards commodities are a real thing.

*SWISS CENTRAL BANK CUTS KEY INTEREST RATE BY 25BPS TO 0.0%, LOWEST SINCE JUNE 2022$CHF 🇨🇭🇨🇭 pic.twitter.com/Ajfw639gAz — Investing.com (@Investingcom) June 19, 2025 Zero yields are back! For those who believed zero and negative interest rates were something of the …

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Washington DC searches soar for “Swiss bank”, “offshore bank”, “wire money” and “IBAN”

🚨 D.C. IN FULL MELTDOWN MODE! 🚨 Ever since D.O.G.E. (Department of Governmental Examination) started sniffing around government agencies, something HILARIOUS has happened: Google searches in Washington, D.C. have EXPLODED for:🔍 “Swiss bank account… but, like, discreet?”🔍… pic.twitter.com/nH4eLfDCyZ — Devil …

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Swiss bank Flowbank goes bankrupt

FlowBank SA, a Swiss bank, has encountered financial difficulties. On June 13, 2024, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) initiated bankruptcy proceedings against FlowBank SA due to severe breaches of capital requirements and other supervisory laws. The bank’s minimum capital requirements were significantly …

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Swiss National Bank in its 2023 Financial Stability Report on Credit Suisse: “these observations also raise questions regarding the ability of the Too Big To Fail “TBTF” framework to oblige a systemically important bank to take sufficient corrective action in a timely manner”

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.snb.ch/n/mmr/reference/stabrep_2023/source/stabrep_2023.n.pdf These measures need to strengthen banks’ resilience in order to prevent a loss of confidence wherever possible, and ensure a broad range of effective options to stabilise, recover or wind down a systemically important bank in the …

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Inflation Alert! Bank of England (50 basis points), Norway Central Bank (50 basis points), Swiss National Bank (25 basis points) all raise interest rates to combat inflation. Remember, JPow told Congress yesterday rate hikes needed here but the Fed is not acting while other central banks are.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Norway: https://www.norges-bank.no/en/topics/Monetary-policy/Monetary-policy-meetings/2023/june-2023/ Policy rate raised to 3.75 percent Norges Bank’s Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Committee decided to raise the policy rate by 0.50 percentage point to 3.75 percent. The Committee’s current assessment of the outlook and balance of …

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Swiss National Bank, in guessing, provides liquidity “for purpose” for Credit Suisse’s toxic positions…from my vantage/assessment, “infinite liquidity” would be a closer approximation.

by quad-beep-05 via WSJ: The Swiss National Bank has offered UBS UBS -0.93%decrease; red down pointing triangle Group AG around $100 billion in liquidity to help it take on the operations of Credit Suisse Group AG, according to the people familiar with the matter. Details …

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