CHF: Merkel fallout - ING
|Analysts at ING explain that the poor performance of the centre parties at the weekend German elections has seen EUR/CHF correct lower.
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“What that may mean for Italian elections in 1Q18 remains to be seen, but the rise of the AFD in Germany warns that the prospect of greater European integration suffers a setback.”
“Local events next see the Swiss business confidence index on Friday. A pickup is expected. Yet Swiss growth has been sluggish this year (eg SNB revising down 2017 GDP forecast to 1% from 1.5%) and we doubt any modest uptick in sentiment can help the CHF much.”
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