Investment performance

The table below offers an overview of the investment returns on the currency reserves and Swiss franc bonds.

Return on investments (1)

Currency reserves Swiss franc bonds
Total in CHF Gold in CHF Foreign exchange reserves Total in CHF
Total in CHF Currency return Local return
1999 9.7% 9.2% 0.4% 0.7%
2000 3.3% -3.1% 5.8% -2.0% 8.0% 3.3%
2001 5.2% 5.3% 5.2% -1.2% 6.4% 4.3%
2002 1.4% 3.4% 0.5% -9.1% 10.5% 10.0%
2003 5.0% 9.1% 3.0% -0.4% 3.4% 1.4%
2004 0.5% -3.1% 2.3% -3.2% 5.7% 3.8%
2005 18.9% 35.0% 10.8% 5.2% 5.5% 3.1%
2006 6.9% 15.0% 1.9% -1.1% 3.0% 0.0%
2007 10.1% 21.6% 3.0% -1.3% 4.4% -0.1%
2008 -6.0% -2.2% -8.7% -8.9% 0.3% 5.4%
2009 11.0% 23.8% 4.7% 0.4% 4.4% 4.3%
2010 -5.4% 15.3% -10.1% -13.4% 3.8% 3.7%
2011 4.9% 12.3% 3.1% -0.8% 4.0% 5.6%
2012 2.3% 2.8% 2.2% -2.3% 4.7% 3.7%
2013 -2.5% -30.0% 0.7% -2.4% 3.2% -2.2%
2014 8.0% 11.4% 7.8% 2.6% 5.1% 7.9%
2015 -4.7% -10.5% -4.4% -5.6% 1.3% 2.3%
2016 3.8% 11.1% 3.3% -0.4% 3.7% 1.3%
2017 7.2% 7.9% 7.2% 2.9% 4.2% -0.1%
2018 -2.1% -0.6% -2.2% -1.5% -0.7% 0.2%
2019 6.1% 16.3% 5.5% -2.4% 8.1% 3.2%
2020 1.9% 13.5% 1.2% -4.5% 6.0% 1.2%
2021 2.7% -0.1% 2.9% -0.6% 3.5% -2.4%
2022 -13.1% 0.7% -13.9% -3.5% -10.8% -12.8%
2023 0.8% 3.1% 0.7% -8.0% 9.4% 7.9%
2024, Q1 (2) 8.5% 15.5% 7.9% 5.7% 2.1% 0.4%
2024, Q2 (2) 0.0% 4.9% -0.5% -1.1% 0.7% 1.4%
2024, Q3 (2) 1.0% 6.3% 0.4% -3.1% 3.6% 2.2%

(1) Cumulated returns, time-weighted daily.
(2) Values are not annualised.

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