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Switzerland Sight Deposits
Sight deposits at the Swiss National Bank are the reserves that commercial banks hold overnight at the SNB. They are a key tool in monitoring SNB intervention activity in the FX market.
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Why Sight Deposits matters for CHF
When the SNB sells CHF to weaken the franc, the CHF proceeds end up as sight deposits held by Swiss banks at the SNB. A sudden rise in sight deposits is therefore a strong signal of FX intervention.
How to interpret this series
A sharp week-on-week increase in sight deposits is a real-time SNB intervention signal, typically CHF-negative. Stable or declining sight deposits indicate the SNB is not intervening, allowing market forces to set the CHF.
Historical Sight Deposits
Source: SNB. Cadence: Weekly. Unit: CHF mn. History from 2000-01-31 (26.4 years).
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Common questions
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How often is Switzerland Sight Deposits updated?
Sight Deposits for Switzerland is released on a weekly schedule by Swiss National Bank (or the relevant national statistics agency). FXMacroData ingests each new value within seconds of the official publication and exposes the exact announcement timestamp on every record.
What unit is Sight Deposits reported in?
The series is published in CHF mn. The exact unit is also returned on every API response under the indicator metadata.
Where does FXMacroData source Switzerland Sight Deposits data?
Data is fetched directly from Swiss National Bank or the official national statistics publication for Switzerland. The source URL is preserved on every announcement record so downstream consumers can trace the value back to its primary release.
How do I query Sight Deposits for Switzerland via the API?
Issue a GET request to /api/v1/announcements/chf/sight_deposits?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY. The response contains a chronological list of observations with values, release dates, and announcement timestamps. USD announcement data is public; other currencies require a Professional API key.