1. This chapter is based mainly on information from the Swiss National Bank Accountability Report 2010 . General information is available at SNB's homepage www.snb.ch and the Federal Act on the Swiss National Bank (NBA) found at www.snb.ch/en/iabout/snb/legal/id/snb_legal_law/3 (both accessed August 27, 2011)
2. Article 36 of the Constitution of 1848 transferred the right of coinage from cantons to the federal state.
3. Michael Bordo and Harold James, “Die Nationalbank 1907-1946: Glückliche Kindheit oder schwierige Jugend?” In Schweizerische Nationalbank, Die Schweizerische Nationalbank 1907-2007 , Zurich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2007.
4. Inflation and Central Bank Independence: A Meta-Regression Analysis;Klomp;Journal of Economic Surveys,2010
5. See Swiss National Bank National Bank Act www.snb.ch/en/iabout/snb/legal/id/snb_legal_law/3 (accessed August 27, 2011)