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Annual Report 2008
Complete Annual Report PDF [1391 kB]
 
Preface PDF [58 kB]
 
Accountability report for the Federal Assembly PDF [707 kB]
Summary
 1.
Monetary policy
 1.1.
Monetary policy strategy
 1.2.
International economic developments
 1.3.
Economic developments in Switzerland
 1.4.
Monetary policy decisions
 1.5.
Statistics
 2.
Supplying the money market with liquidity
 2.1.
Open market operations
 2.2.
Standing facilities
 2.3.
Other monetary policy instruments
 2.4.
Liquidity supply
 2.5.
Emergency liquidity assistance
 2.6.
Minimum reserves
 2.7.
Collateral eligible for SNB repos
 2.8.
Repo auctions in US dollars
 2.9.
Amendments to monetary policy instruments
 3.
Ensuring the supply of cash
 3.1.
Organisation of cash distribution
 3.2.
Banknotes
 3.3.
Coins
 4.
Facilitating and securing cashless payment transactions
 4.1.
Facilitating cashless payment transactions
 4.2.
Oversight of payment and securities settlement systems
 4.3.
TARGET2-Securities
 5.
Asset management
 5.1.
Basic principles
 5.2.
Investment and risk control process
 5.3.
Breakdown of assets
 5.4.
Investment risk profile
 5.5.
Implications of the financial crisis
 5.6.
Investment performance
 6.
Contribution to financial system stability
 6.1.
Monitoring the financial system
 6.2.
Purchase of illiquid assets from UBS
 6.3.
Promoting liquidity redistribution between banks
 6.4.
Revision of capital adequacy and liquidity regulations for big banks
 6.5.
Measures to improve the international financial system’s resilience to crises
 6.6.
Survey on bank lending
 7.
Involvement in international monetary cooperation
 7.1.
International Monetary Fund
 7.2.
Group of Ten
 7.3.
Bank for International Settlements
 7.4.
Financial Stability Forum
 7.5.
OECD
 7.6.
Technical assistance
 8.
Banking services for the Confederation
 
Business report PDF [174 kB]
 1.
Legal framework
 2.
Organisation and tasks
 3.
Corporate governance
 4.
Personnel, resources and bank management
 4.1.
Human resources
 4.2.
Other resources
 4.3.
Bank bodies and management
 5.
Business performance
 5.1.
Annual result
 5.2.
Provisions for currency reserves and profit distribution
 5.3.
Currency reserves
 
Financial report PDF [249 kB]
 1.
Income statement and appropriation of profit for 2008
 2.
Balance sheet as at 31 December 2008
 3.
Changes in equity capital
 4.
Notes to the accounts as at 31 December 2008
 4.1.
Accounting and valuation principles
 4.2.
Notes to the income statement and balance sheet
 4.3.
Notes regarding off-balance-sheet business
 4.4.
Internal control system
 4.5.
Risk management
 5.
Report of the Audit Board for the General Meeting of Shareholders
 
Financial information on the SNB StabFund Limited Partnership for Collective Investment (stabilisation fund) PDF [60 kB]
 1.
Introduction
 2.
Income statement and balance sheet
 3.
Accounting and valuation principles
 4.
Notes to the income statement and balance sheet
 
Consolidated financial statements PDF [93 kB]
 1.
Consolidated income statement for 2008
 2.
Consolidated balance sheet as at 31 December 2008
 3.
Changes in equity capital
 4.
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
 4.1.
Accounting and valuation principles
 4.2.
Notes to the consolidated income statement and balance sheet
 5.
Report of the Audit Board for the General Meeting of Shareholders
 
Proposals of the Bank Council PDF [42 kB]
Proposals of the Bank Council to the General Meeting of Shareholders
 
Selected information PDF [88 kB]
 1.
Chronicle of monetary events in 2008
 2.
Bank supervisory and management bodies, Regional Economic Councils
 3.
Organisational chart
 4.
Publications
 5.
Addresses
 6.
Rounding conventions and abbreviations