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Chronicle of monetary events 1848–2010
Abbreviations
1848–1899
1900–1909
1910–1919
1920–1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2010
2011-2020
1960–1969
   
Date
Text
04.01.1960
Agreement between Denmark, the UK, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland on the establishment of a European Free Trade Association (EFTA). RS 0.632.31. RO 1960 590.
04.02.1960
Limited-term provisional agreement between the Swiss Federal Department of Finance and Customs and the SNB on financing additional grain storage for bread production.
18.08.1960
Gentleman’s agreement to deter inflows of foreign funds and reduce the existing stock.
06.03.1961
Revaluation of the German mark by 5%.
18.08.1961
Extension to 18 August 1962 of the gentleman’s agreement of 18 August 1960 to deter inflows of foreign funds and reduce the existing stock.
01.04.1962
Agreement between the SNB and the banks on lending limits.
02.05.1962
Canada abandons the system of fluctuating exchange rates in effect since 1950 and adopts a fixed parity with respect to the US dollar.
15.07.1962
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the SNB agree to provide one another with credit of up to USD 100 million or CHF 431.5 million on a swap basis for a period of three months, upon application by the other partner.
18.08.1962
Extension to 18 August 1963 of the gentleman’s agreement of 18 August 1960 to deter inflows of foreign funds and reduce the existing stock.
18.08.1963
Extension to 31 December 1963 of the gentleman’s agreement of 18 August 1960 to deter inflows of foreign funds and reduce the existing stock.
04.10.1963
Federal Decree on Swiss participation in international currency measures. RO 1964 457. Federal Council Message of 1 March 1963. FF 1963 I 349. Comes into effect 1 May 1964.
13.03.1964
Urgent Federal Decrees on combating inflation by means of measures in the areas of construction (Construction Decree) and of credit and the money and capital markets (Credit Decree). RO 1964 213 and 218. Federal Council Message of 24 January 1964. FF 1964 I 181. They come into effect 17 March 1964.
31.03.1964
Agreement between the SNB and the banks on foreign funds. RO 1964 419. (On 24 April 1964, declared by the Federal Council to be generally binding. RO 1964 418.)
24.04.1964
Ordinance on the requirement to report data on public issues of securities. RO 1964 426. Comes into effect 1 May 1964.
Ordinance on the investment of foreign funds. RO 1964 423. Comes into effect 1 May 1964.
01.05.1964
Agreement between the SNB and the banks on lending limits. RO 1964 522. (On 1 June 1964, declared by the Federal Council to be generally binding. RO 1964 521.)
11.06.1964
Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the International Monetary fund which lays the foundation for bilateral credit agreements (Implementing Agreements) between Switzerland and the ten member countries participating in the General Arrangements to Borrow.
23.12.1964
Modification of the Agreement on lending limits. RO 1964 1424. (On 29 December 1964, declared by the Federal Council to be generally binding. RO 1964 1423.)
21.12.1965
Modification of the Ordinance on the investment of foreign funds. RO 1966 1.
Modification of the Agreement on foreign funds. RO 1966 4 (simultaneously declared by the Federal Council to be generally binding. RO 1966 3).
28.12.1965
Modification to the Agreement on lending limits. RO 1966 7 (simultaneously declared by the Federal Council to be generally binding. RO 1966 6).
10.03.1966
Extension by one further year of the Credit Decree of 13 March 1964. RO 1966 485. Federal Council Message dated 16 November 1965. FF 1965 III 234.
17.03.1966
Expiry of the Construction Decree of 13 March 1964.
11.10.1966
Repeal of the Ordinance on the investment of foreign funds dated 24 April 1964. RO 1966 1347.
Partial repeal of the generally binding character of the Agreement on foreign funds. RO 1966 1348.
27.12.1966
Repeal of the generally binding character of the Agreement on lending limits. RO 1966 1697.
SNB circular to banks participating in the Agreement on lending limits, relating to credit guidelines for 1967.
08.02.1967
Agreement between the SNB and the banks on the development of statistics (in effect until the introduction of the revised Bank Act of 11 March 1971).
17.03.1967
Expiry of the Credit Decree of 13 March 1964, thereby rendering void the Federal Council Ordinance of 24 April on the requirement to report data on public issues of securities as well as any remaining provisions of the generally binding Agreement on foreign funds of 31 March 1964. Monitoring of securities issues continues through a private convention under the auspices of the Swiss Bankers Association.
20.09.1967
Premature cancellation of the credit guidelines of 27 December 1966.
05.12.1967
Federal Decree on Switzerland becoming a member of the Asian Development Bank. RO 1971 858.
24.06.1968
Federal Council Message relating to the revision of the Federal Act on the SNB of 23 December 1953. FF 1968 II 253.
01.09.1969
Agreement between the SNB and the Swiss banks on minimum balances and admissible credit expansion (Framework Agreement).
 
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