The removal of the lower bound on the EUR/CHF exchange rate in January 2015 provides a unique setting to study the implications of a large and sudden appreciation in an otherwise stable macroeconomic environment. Using transaction-level data on non-durable goods purchases by Swiss consumers, we...

Why has Swiss export performance been so strong during the past quarters despite the marked appreciation of the CHF? What is the outlook for Swiss exports given the still elevated CHF? In this paper, we shed light on these questions by analyzing a panel of Swiss exports disaggregated along both...

The removal of the lower bound on the EUR/CHF exchange rate in January 2015 provides a unique setting to study the implications of a large and sudden appreciation in an otherwise stable macroeconomic environment. Using transaction-level data on non-durable goods purchases by Swiss consumers, we...