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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 14:04:48 GMT

Swiss Franc Technical Outlook

By Jamie Saettele, Senior Currency Strategist

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SENTIMENT AND POSITIONING

	SSI Positioning USD/CHF Ratio: -1.24 Signal: Bullish Full Article

	COT Positioning CHF: The 13 week index is at 6, after being at 8 last week. Full Article

FUNDAMENTALS — THIS WEEKS ECONOMIC RELEASES

	Most Recent Economic Releases	Forecast	Previous
	CHF UBS Consumption Indicator (JUL)		2.246
	CHF Employment Level (2Q)	3.911M	3.899M
	CHF Employment Level (YoY) (2Q)	2.1%	2.8%
	CHF KOF Swiss Leading Indicator (AUG)		0.9

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Technicals - Support and Resistance for CHF

	Support and Resistance Levels						Interest Rate Outlook
	Key Levels		Strength	Comments			Timeframe	Target
	R4	1.1795	High	76.4% Fibo 1.2461-0.9643			Benchmark	2.75
	R3	1.1583	High	12/24/2007 High
	R2	1.1378	High	61.8% Fibo 1.2461-0.9643			1 Week	2.250
	R1	1.1052	Medium	50.0% Fibo 1.2461-0.9643			1 Month	2.250
	S1	1.0757	Medium	20-Day SMA			3 Month	2.746
	S2	1.0622	High	200 Day SMA			6 Month	2.883
	S3	1.0479	High	38.2% Fibo 0.9629-1.1002			9 Month	3.031
	S4	1.0316	High	50.0% Fibo 0.9629-1.1002			1 Year	3.172

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FROM THE CENTRAL BANK

	Central Bank:	Swiss National Bank
	Current Bias:	Hawkish
	Current Interest Rate:	2.75%
	Last Change:	03/13/2008 hike 25bp
	Next Meeting:	9/18/2008 More Dates

Latest Swiss National Bank Interest Rate Outlook

Central Bank Governor: Jean-Pierre Roth

Current Voting Members: Jean-Pierre Roth, Philipp Hildebrand, Thomas Jordan