Foreign Exchange, Defending the Franc: Swiss National Bank "“prepared to buy foreign currency in unlimited quantities…”"

Holy crap.
Central Bankers don't talk like that.
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The SNB has come out all guns blazing on Tuesday in a bid to weaken the Swiss franc.
And it’s the use of some key expressions that really stands out. Among them, “acute threat”, “no longer tolerate”

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Holy crap.