The World's Most UNUSUAL Central Bank (that's even LISTED on the STOCK EXCHANGE)

There are two challenges you should never enter into with a Swiss national: one is skiing and the other is money.

Despite having just over 8.5 million inhabitants and being nestled amongst tranquil mountains, the Swiss Confederation has become not only one of the richest countries in the world but also a safe haven for the world's great fortunes.

However, in this new collaboration with Value School, we are not going to focus so much on the Swiss economy as the very odd institution that has become an important player in the global financial market in recent years: the Swiss central bank, otherwise known as the Swiss National Bank.

The central bank of Switzerland is so peculiar that it is listed on the stock exchange, has the lowest interest rates in the world, and for many experts has already become a real Hedge Fund. Do you want to know more about an institution that in 2019 alone made $50 billion in profits? In this video, we give you all the details.

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[economicsinaction]

VisualPolitik: *"You can become a shareholder of the Swiss Central Bank"*
Me: *"Write that down! Write that down!"*

[hanzz]

Norway:"we are better than warren buffet in investment"
Swiss:"hold my cheese..."

[Vamavid]

TLDR

The Swiss people are Cantonese

[Skannan]

Swiss- Printing "too much" money without causing inflation or losing confidence in the currency.
Argentina- Write it down. Write it down. (before the next inflation).

[SoomNou]

Its all because of negative interest rates, lower taxes and protection of investment, which add value into currency and increase in purchase power. Salute to their economist

[Stafford]

There is nothing strange about a central bank being owned by shareholders. The Federal Reserve is owned by the member banks. The Bank of England was a joint stock company.

[mw]

I'd love to invest, but first I need money...

[mitchaid]

Love your channel. Especially when you talk about my home country 😉 I'm always interested to hear what other people think of Switzerland 🇨🇭 Look forward to your next one 😁

[pascoett]

Lowering taxes is competitive in Switzerland. It doesn’t always end well though. Also healthcare costs vary a lot from Canton to Canton.

[ADobbin]

.28% is still better than the average saving account interest these days.

[christheswiss]

Very good video - well done.
The cantons are not "kind of" autonomous regions. In Switzerland, euch canton has its own CONSTITUTION and parliament! They are all self governed, but have ceded certain parts of their autonomy to the federal government under the Swiss constitution. Similar to the United States, who's constitution the Swiss took over 150 years ago and then kept improving. This also explains why the Swiss have such liberal gun laws.

[kay]

Ah yes, another Visualpolitik video where you immediately skip to the third minute coz the first 2 are for selling shit you don't need. Ok at least this time the real talk starts from 01:22.

[theconqueringram]

The Swiss have a lot of cool stuff named after them and that are very popular around the world:

-Swiss cheese
-Swiss Army knives
-Swiss watches
-And now Swiss francs

[Nnda]

I mean, technically the Swiss National Bank IS a Sovereign Wealth Fund by operation at this point

[HamedEmine]

Thank you for the video, but I was constantly reducing the volume whenever there was music, not sure if I'm the only one

[wothin]

Switzerland is not a bigger exporter than Germany? Germany has 1, 56 trillion in exports, Switzerland has 0, 31 trillion

[Greyman]

You guys should do one on the norwegian krone as well

[AmirtheshPrasad]

It's nice to know that they have such an efficient system

[enricoc]

Interesting content. However, Norway has a similar strategy, this is not unprecedented. It's on a video on this channel.

[anneeq]

Who's that woman in the thumbnail? Asking for a friend