The Swiss National Bank, the European Central Bank, the Narodowy Bank Polski and the Magyar Nemzeti Bank continue to provide Swiss francs through EUR/CHF foreign exchange swaps until the end of January 2010

The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the European Central Bank, the Narodowy Bank Polski and the Magyar Nemzeti Bank are jointly announcing that they will continue to conduct the EUR/CHF foreign exchange swaps providing Swiss francs against euro with a term of 7 days through January 2010 to support further improvements in the short-term Swiss franc funding markets.

Further information about the EUR/CHF foreign exchange swaps operations is provided on the respective website of the participating central bank.

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