Updated: Sun, 10/06/2024 - 10:30

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Nouvelles

China will capitalize on the euro’s decline

Publié: 29 January 2015
Financial Post: On Jan. 15, the Swiss Central Bank abruptly announced the end of its “bail-out-buying” scheme, wherein it spent high-value Swiss francs in exchange of weak euros. Formed in 2011, this currency peg was intended to prevent the Swiss franc from rising to the high value the market would otherwise place upon it. The Swiss were protecting their exports and holding off what might have been an indigestible excess of inflowing foreign money capital. Among other things, they did not wish to be the safe haven vis-a-vis the Euro. The plan was expensive. By the end of 2014, Switzerland’s accumulation of “excess” euros caused SNB’s foreign-exchange reserve to balloon to €174 billion. Read more

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