What if SNB cuts to zero and resumes FX sales to cap franc strength?
The Swiss National Bank eases to the floor and sells francs to counter haven-driven appreciation, a dovish-FX combo that weakens the franc and supports Swiss exporters and risk.
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What it would mean
If this plays out, it is a risk-on shock. The Swiss National Bank eases to the floor and sells francs to counter haven-driven appreciation, a dovish-FX combo that weakens the franc and supports Swiss exporters and risk. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — US dollar (DXY) ▲ · Volatility (VIX) ▼ · Fed policy path ▼ · Risk appetite ▲ — which propagate through our causal graph to the markets below.