Meanings of strong franc in English

He added the strong franc offered a natural hedge against raw material costs.

Earnings were influenced by the strong franc, the company said.

Hit by the strong franc and the economic downturn, UBS is battling to stay profitable.

We have no interest in a strong franc as our business suffers from this, Villiger said.

The decade old policy of the strong franc is, Mr Giscard said, the root of the problem.

The strong franc, although hurtful to exports, has kept global price rises in commodities, especially oil and food, capped.

Net new money at Baer halved from a year ago, hit by market turmoil and the strong franc, though it comfortably beat forecasts.

This won him market respect and brought credibility to the French currency, earning Trichet the nickname "Ayatollah of the strong franc".

Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf also said the government would support any measures the SNB said were necessary in the battle against the strong franc.

Nayla Hayek said it was not up to her to find a solution to the strong franc, but that something needed to be done.

Danthine cautioned last year that some options for fighting a strong franc would be easy to circumvent, while others would have very negative secondary effects.