Chinese bitcoin mining giant sets up Swiss hub
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Author: Matthew Allen
Categories: Gold and Bitcoin
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One of the world’s largest bitcoin miners is setting up a hub for European operations in Switzerland, a person familiar with company has confirmed to swissinfo.ch. The Chinese firm Bitmain Technologies is setting up in Zug just as the Chinese authorities move to shut down cryptocurrency miners.
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The number of people on welfare continues to rise in Switzerland
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Author: Investec
Categories: Swiss Markets and News
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In 2016, around 273,000 people, 3.3% of the population, received welfare in Switzerland. The number (not the rate) was 2.9% higher than the year before and 15.7% higher than 5 years earlier when the rate was 3.0%. Rates of those receiving government aid varied significantly by canton, ranging from 0.8% in Appenzell Innerrhoden to 7.4% in Neuchâtel.
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Swiss want only five bilateral treaties under EU framework agreement
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Author: Swissinfo
Categories: Swiss Markets and News
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According to an unpublished list that was revealed in some Swiss papers, Switzerland wants only five of around 120 bilateral treaties with the European Union to figure in a future institutional framework agreement. A reportexternal link on foreign economic policy published on Wednesday stated that an institutional framework agreement would apply to those bilateral agreements that allow access to certain areas of the European Union's (EU) internal market.
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Inflation Correlations and China’s Brief, Disappointing Porcine Nightmare
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Author: Jeffrey P. Snider
Categories: China
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Two years ago, China was gripped by what was described as an epic pig problem. For most Chinese people, pork is a main staple so rapidly rising pig prices could have presented a serious challenge to an economy already at that time besieged by massive negative forces. It was another headache officials in that country really didn’t need.
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