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SNB Interest Rate Decision, December 2025

The Swiss National Bank held the SNB policy rate at 0.00% on December 11, 2025, as expected.

Decision0.00%■ hold
Against expectedAs expectedexpected 0.00%
Previous0.00%SNB policy rate
USD/CHF one hour later −1.4 pips from the last price before
The result

What the SNB decided in December 2025

The move Hold Held at 0.00%.
Against expected No surprise Economists expected: hold at 0.00%. The decision was as expected.
Timing 9:30 AM Zurich Thursday, December 11, 2025; press conference at 10:00 AM Zurich.
What price did

USD/CHF after the SNB decision, minute by minute

One-minute candles, Zurich time. The box is the hour before the announcement. How we measure.

USD/CHF one-minute chart around the Swiss National Bank decision of Dec 11, 2025 The hour before the 09:30 announcement ranged 12 pips. The first spike went below it by 4.3 pips, and a five-minute candle closed back inside after 30 minutes. 0.798 0.799 0.800 08:30 09:00 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 THE HOUR BEFORE SNB 09:30 PRESS CONF. Spike 0.79843 · 4.3 pips past the hour's low Closed back inside · 30 min
  1. The hour beforeUSD/CHF ranged 12 pips, from 0.79886 to 0.80010, and was at 0.79933 at the announcement.
  2. The first spike After 3 minutes price went through the hour's low and ran 4.3 pips past it.
  3. The close back A five-minute candle closed back inside the range after 30 minutes.
  4. The other side Price did not trade through the opposite edge within four hours.
  5. The moves From the last price before the announcement: −6.7 pips at 15 minutes, −1.4 pips at one hour, −32 pips at four hours.
For context

Across 7 measured SNB decisions since January 2025, the first spike closed back inside the hour-before range within 60 minutes in 4 (57%), and in 1 of those price then took the other side within four hours. In the other 3 the first move held. Median move in the first 15 minutes: 17 pips.

This decision is one of the closed-back cases. Counts include the decisions where it did not close back. All SNB dates · SNB overview.

Questions

SNB December 2025 decision: questions

What time was the SNB interest rate decision on Dec 11, 2025?

It was announced at 9:30 AM Zurich (3:30 AM EST New York, 8:30 AM London London), with the press conference at 10:00 AM Zurich.

What did the SNB decide in December 2025?

Held at 0.00% (previous 0.00%). Economists expected: hold at 0.00%, so the decision was as expected.

How did USD/CHF react to the SNB decision in December 2025?

On one-minute candles: the hour before ranged 12 pips; the first spike went below it by 4.3 pips; a five-minute candle closed back inside after 30 minutes; after one hour USD/CHF was −1.4 pips from its pre-announcement price.

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