The Swiss National Bank is a central bank and responsible for the monetary policy of Switzerland. Monetary policy is the process of managing a nations money supply to achieve specific goals—such as constraining inflation, achieving full employment or more well-being. ...
The names of the institution in the four official languages of the country are: German: Schweizerische Nationalbank, French: Banque Nationale Suisse, Italian: Banca Nazionale Svizzera, Romansh: Banca Naziunala Svizra. Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is one of the four national languages of Switzerland, along with German, Italian and French. ...
The Bank is an Aktiengesellschaft under special regulations. About 55% of its shares are owned by public institutions like cantons and cantonal banks. The remaining shares are traded on the stock market. They are mostly owned by private individuals. The German term Aktiengesellschaft (abbreviated AG) means a corporation which is limited by shares, , owned by shareholders. ... The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ...
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