Full pdf includes a rough transcript of the post-announcement press conference Q&A.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
- SNB cut its policy rate by 25bp, meeting market and analyst consensus
- The updated conditional inflation forecast, opening remarks and press conference all had a hawkish tilt to them in our view
- Market pricing through the next, September, meeting was initially aggressive but has since then paired back to OIS-implied odds of around 20% for a further cut into negative territory