Denmark Strikes Back at Speculators as Peg Defense Burnished

A Danish two krone coin.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Denmark is trying to silence currency speculators as the government and central bank insist the Nordic country won’t follow Switzerland in severing its euro ties.

“Circumstances significantly different from Denmark’s” were behind the Swiss National Bank’s decision, Danish Economy Minister Morten Oestergaard said in a phone interview. “Any comparison between Denmark and Switzerland is impossible.”