Category Archive: 2) Swiss and European Macro

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Swiss Consumer Price Index in May 2016: -0.4 percent against 2015, +0.1 percent against last month

2016-06-08

by Swiss Statistics

2016-06-08

For the third time in a row, prices in Switzerland increased against the previous month. Inflation was -0.4% against last year. Still in 2015 yearly inflation was mostly around -1.5% y/y. Now yearly HCPI inflation is -0.5%. Will this rising price tendency continue?

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Tourism accommodation statistics during the winter season and April 2016

2016-06-07

by Swiss Statistics

2016-06-07

The hotel sector registered 15.4 million overnight stays in Switzerland during the winter season (November 2015 to April 2016). This represents a decrease of 1.8% (-277,000 overnight stays) compared with the same period a year earlier. With a total of 8.0 million overnight stays, foreign demand showed a drop of 3.8% (-313,000). Domestic visitors registered 7.4 million overnight stays, i.e. an increase of 0.5% (+36,000). During the month of April...

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Employment barometer in 1st quarter 2016: Employment growth, but only in tertiary sector

2016-06-07

by Swiss Statistics

2016-06-07

In the 1st quarter 2016 total employment (number of jobs) rose by 0.6% compared with the same quarter a year ago (0.0% compared with the previous quarter). In full-time equivalents, employment in the same period fell by 0.2%. The other employment indicators also showed a downward trend. These are the findings of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

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Heiner Flassbeck – Theorien und Herkunft

2016-06-06

by Heiner Flassbeck

http://www.Whisky.de/shop/ Linke Volkswirtschaftstheorien neigen dazu, Menschen von der Arbeit weg zum leichten Konsum zu führen. Doch am Ende landen alle nur in der Planwirtschaft und letzten Endes im Grau des Kommunismus. Wann immer man von Professoren Vorträge hört, so sollte man sich zuvor informieren, welches Parteibuch in der Tasche dieses vermeintlich neutralen Akademikers steckt. Vortrag …

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Yanis Varoufakis interviewed in Barcelona | DiEM25

2016-06-06

by Yanis Varoufakis

“On 26th June the people of Catalonia, the people of Spain, have a unique opportunity to vote in a progressive government that will save the European Union from itself and from the disaster caused by the self-defeating austerity breeding unbearable authoritarianism. The incumbent prime minister of the right-wing People’s Party behaves like a spoilt child …

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Warum die Rettung Europas nicht gelingen kann – Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck

2016-06-04

by Heiner Flassbeck

Vortrags- und Diskussionsveranstaltung zur Krise in Europa mit Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck, langjähriger Chefvolkswirt der UNCTAD Universität Passau, Hörsaal

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Heiner Flassbeck – Die Volkswirtschaft jenseits von Ideologien und Vorurteilen – 2016

2016-06-04

by Heiner Flassbeck

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck am Justus-Knecht-Gymnasium in Bruchsal Thema: Volkswirtschaft jenseits von Ideologien und Vorurteilen Der weltweit

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Yanis Varoufakis & Noam Chomsky sprechen über das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen

2016-06-03

by Yanis Varoufakis

Im folgenden Video sprechen Yanis Varoufakis und Noam Chomsky über das Konzept eines bedingungslosen Grundeinkommens. Für mehr Informationen diesbezüglich, besuchen Sie das „basic income network“. Ist ein Grundeinkommen in der heutigen Zeit notwendig? Wie wird es die Zukunft der Menschen beeinflussen? Wo hat diese Idee ihren Ursprung? Ist es kompatibel mit der Allgemeinen Erklärung der …

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Noam Chomsky & Yanis Varoufakis discuss Basic Income (Universal Income)

2016-06-03

by Yanis Varoufakis

In thhis video Yanis Varoufakis and Noam Chomsky talk about the concept of a basic income guarantee also knowns as a universal income. Following topics are addressed: – Is a basic income neccessary in today’s day and age? – How will it impact humanity’s future? – How did this idea orginate? -Is it compatible with …

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Switzerland GDP Q1 2016: +0.1 percent QoQ, +0.7 percent YoY

2016-06-03

by George Dorgan

2016-06-03

Q/Q GDP growth: +0.1%, YoY GDP growth: +0.7%. Until 2014, Swiss GDP was driven by net exports: Exports were rising more quickly than imports, which improved GDP. Positive change in the trade balance in goods: +8.1% YoY exports, +1.4% YoY imports in Q1/2016. Negative change in the trade balance for services: export +2.0%, import +6.7% YoY In 2015 and in Q1/2016 the main GDP drivers were consumption (+1.3% YoY in Q1/2016) and investment...

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Owen Jones and Yanis Varoufakis – British exit

2016-06-02

by Yanis Varoufakis

Owen Jones met Yanis Varoufakis, who said a British exit from the European Union would only serve to speed up the disintegration of the EU. In the end, the only beneficiaries would be xenophobes, racists and ultra-nationalists everywhere, he says.

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Yanis Varoufakis, a Errejón: “No necesitan consejos, Podemos sabe qué hay que hacer”

2016-06-02

by Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis habla con Íñigo Errejón, número dos de Podemos, en Al Rojo Vivo. El exministro señala “que no necesitan consejos” y Errejón le agradece sus palabras y le manda un abrazo.

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Swiss Retail Sales: -2.4 percent Y/Y nominal and Real -1.9 percent real

2016-06-02

by Swiss Statistics

2016-06-02

Retail sales in several countries like Germany, Italy, Japan and Switzerland continue to fall. In the United States they have strongly risen recently. We should remind readers, that used goods sold via Ebay or similar, are not contained in this statistics. Still they create economic value for the purchases. By mentality, Swiss, Germans or Japanese pay more attention so that used goods do not lose their value so quickly.

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Yanis Varoufakis on “The Economic Trends and Challenges Shaping the Future”

2016-05-31

by Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis, former Minister of Finance, Greece In January 2015, Yanis Varoufakis was appointed finance minister by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after the election victory of Syriza in the parliamentary election. Varoufakis resigned as Finance Minister in July 2015. Varoufakis has studied economics in the UK, first at the University of Essex and then mathematical …

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DiEM25 – Another Europe is Possible – Yanis Varoufakis

2016-05-31

by Yanis Varoufakis

‘Vote In – Another Europe is Possible’ – Logan Hall, UCL – 28th May 2016

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Yanis Varoufakis Basic Income is a Necessity

2016-05-30

by Yanis Varoufakis

Anthony Barnett talks to Yanis Varoufakis at Another Europe Is Possible

2016-05-30

by Yanis Varoufakis

openDemocracy founder Anthony Barnett discusses DiEM25, Brexit and European democracy with Yanis Varoufakis. Recorded at the Another Europe is Possible event in London, 28 May 2016.

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