Swiss National Bank

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central bank independent public institution

The Swiss National Bank is Switzerland’s independent central bank responsible for the country’s monetary policy and the stability of the Swiss financial system.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Banca nazionale svizzera	2
Banque nationale suisse	2
Schweizerische Nationalbank	2
Swiss National Bank head office	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central bank ⓘ independent public institution ⓘ
abbreviation	SNB ⓘ
conducts	open market operations in Swiss francs ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Federal Department of Finance ⓘ surface form: Swiss Federal Department of Finance Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
currencyCode	CHF ⓘ
distributesProfitsTo	Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation Swiss cantons ⓘ
founded	1907 ⓘ
governingBody	Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank ⓘ
grants	liquidity assistance to Swiss banking system ⓘ
hasBranch	Bern branch ⓘ Zurich branch ⓘ
hasCapital	100 million Swiss francs (nominal share capital) ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.snb.ch ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bern ⓘ Zurich ⓘ
issuesCurrency	Swiss franc ⓘ
legalForm	special‑statute joint‑stock company ⓘ
locationCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
mainResponsibility	monetary policy of Switzerland ⓘ price stability in Switzerland ⓘ stability of the Swiss financial system ⓘ
manages	Swiss gold reserves ⓘ Swiss official foreign exchange reserves ⓘ
mandateDefinedBy	National Bank Act of Switzerland ⓘ Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ surface form: Swiss Federal Constitution
memberOf	Bank for International Settlements ⓘ Financial Stability Board ⓘ International Monetary Fund ⓘ
nativeName	Swiss National Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Banca nazionale svizzera Swiss National Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Banque nationale suisse Swiss National Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Schweizerische Nationalbank
owner	Swiss federal government ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation (minority shareholder) Swiss cantons ⓘ cantonal banks ⓘ other public and private shareholders ⓘ
publishes	Financial Stability Report ⓘ surface form: Swiss National Bank Financial Stability Report Swiss National Bank Quarterly Bulletin ⓘ
regulates	liquidity in the Swiss money market ⓘ
sets	policy interest rates in Switzerland ⓘ
statutoryObjective	ensure price stability while taking due account of economic developments ⓘ
subjectTo	oversight by Swiss Federal Council (limited) ⓘ
supervisoryBody	Bank Council of the Swiss National Bank ⓘ
usesInstrument	SNB policy rate ⓘ sight deposit interest rate ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CHF → centralBank → Swiss National Bank ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schweizerische Nationalbank

CHF → centralBank → Swiss National Bank ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banque nationale suisse

CHF → centralBank → Swiss National Bank ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banca nazionale svizzera

Swiss franc → centralBank → Swiss National Bank ⓘ

CHF → hasBanknotesIssuedBy → Swiss National Bank ⓘ

Bern, Switzerland → isSeatOf → Swiss National Bank ⓘ

subject surface form: Bern

this entity surface form: Swiss National Bank head office

Swiss franc → issuingAuthority → Swiss National Bank ⓘ

Swiss franc → monetaryAuthority → Swiss National Bank ⓘ

Swiss National Bank → nativeName → Swiss National Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schweizerische Nationalbank

Swiss National Bank → nativeName → Swiss National Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banque nationale suisse

Swiss National Bank → nativeName → Swiss National Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banca nazionale svizzera

Helvetia → usedBy → Swiss National Bank ⓘ