Category Archive: 2) Swiss and European Macro

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Statistics on tourist accommodation in March 2016: Increase in overnight stays during March 2016

2016-05-06

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2016-05-06

Statistics on tourist accommodation in March 2016 The Swiss hotel industry registered 3.2 million overnight stays in March 2016, which corresponds to a growth of 5.7%.

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Heiner Flassbeck – Das Ende des Euros. | Deutsch |

2016-05-04

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Swiss retail sales Nominal -2.4 percent, Real -1.3 percent against last year

2016-05-03

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2016-05-03

Swiss retail sales Nominal -2.4%, Real -1.3% against last year

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Revision of sustainable development indicator system 2016: The revised MONET indicator system reflects the varied aspects of sustainable development in Switzerland

2016-05-03

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2016-05-03

03.05.2016 09:15  - FSO, Environment, Sustainable Development, Territory (0353-1604-70) Revision of sustainable development indicator system 2016 Neuchâtel, 03.05.2016 (FSO) – The sustainable development monitoring (MONET) has been revised. The revis...

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Gross domestic product in the 1st quarter 2016

2016-05-03

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2016-05-03

Switzerland’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.1% in the 1st quarter of 2016.* GDP was underpinned by consumption expenditure from private households and investments in construction and equipment but curbed slightly by government consumption. On the production side, the picture was mixed: whilst financial services and the hotel and catering industry saw a decline, value added in manufacturing,

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Heiner Flassbeck: ”Ekonomska situacija Hrvatske u europskom kontekstu.”

2016-05-01

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U organizaciji političke akademije Novo društvo i Friedrich Ebert Stiftunga, u sklopu ciklusa seminara ”Strategije ljevice: sindikati i socijalna demokracija”, u Rijeci je 12. lipnja 2015. održano predavanje njemačkog ekonomista Heinera Flassbecka pod nazivom ”Ekonomska situacija Hrvatske u europskom kontekstu: preporuke za bolju ekonomsku politiku”. U predavanju Flassbeck govori o europskoj i njemačkoj ekonomskoj i …...

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Marcel Fratzscher

2016-04-26

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Vielen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung: https://amzn.to/2UKHXys Marcel Fratzscher Marcel Fratzscher (* 25.Januar 1971 in Bonn) ist ein deutscher Ökonom.Er leitet seit 1.Februar 2013 das Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) und ist Professor für Makroökonomie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin . ✪Video ist an blinde Nutzer gerichtet ✪Text verfügbar unter der Lizens CC-BY-SA ✪Bild Quelle im …

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Standard of living in Switzerland remains one of the highest in Europe

2016-04-25

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2016-04-25

In 2014 Switzerland was one of the countries with the highest living standards in Europe. This does not exclude financial difficulties, as 6.6% of the population, i.e. approx. 530,000 people were affected by income poverty. Roughly one person in ten cannot afford a week's holiday away from home according to the Federal Statistical Office's survey on income and living conditions (SILC).

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Statistics on tourist accommodation in 2015: Significant decrease in overnight stays in youth hostels, moderate decline for campsites

2016-04-25

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2016-04-25

Statistics on tourist accommodation in 2015 Significant decrease in overnight stays in youth hostels, moderate decline for campsites Neuchâtel, 25.04.2016 (FSO) – Switzerland’s 51 registered youth hostels generated 814,000 overnight stays in 2015, i.e. a decrease of 14.4% compared with 2014. As for the 410 campsites surveyed, 2.7 million...

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Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck zu TTIP: Die Idee hinter Freihandelsabkommen ist grundlegend falsch!

2016-04-22

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Kurz vor der Großdemonstration STOPP TTIP am 23.04.2016 in Hannover baten wir den Ökonomen Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck um ein Statement zum Freihandelsabkommen TTIP. Nicht das berühmte Chlorhühnchen ist das Problem, sondern die grundlegende Idee hinter allen Freihandelsabkommen: Ausschließlich freier Handel ist effizient und erhöht den Wohlstand aller Menschen. Warum dies fundamental falsch ist und …

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Swiss wage index 2015: Nominal wages increase by 0.4 percent and real wages by 1.5 percent due to negative inflation

2016-04-22

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2016-04-22

FSO, Wages and Working Conditions (0353-1604-40) Swiss wage index 2015 Neuchâtel, 22.04.2016 (FSO) – The Swiss nominal wage index rose by +0.4% on average in 2015 compared with 2014. It settled at 103.7 points (base 2010 = 100). G...

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The ECB Needs to Think About Helicopter Money – Marcel Fratzscher

2016-04-21

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Marcel Fratzscher, president of the Berlin based think tank DIW, explains why helicopter money offers the possibility to “circumvent” the banking system and make loans and funding directly available to households and private companies, which would help the ECB to fulfill its price stability mandate again. — Follow the campaign: http://qe4people.eu/ https://www.facebook.com/QE4People Tweets by QE4People …

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Switzerland’s population change in 2015: +1.1%, still heavily driven by immigration

Switzerland's population grew by 1.1% in 2015. 80% of the change was caused by immigration, mostly from the euro zone.

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2.8% rise in Swiss health expenditures 2014: Are they costs or income?

Higher health costs in Switzerland: 2.8% increase compared with the previous year. For the strange concept called GDP it is called "economic growth" or "income". But, as mentioned in the press release: they are economic "costs".

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Pictet Perspectives – Brexit risks

2016-04-21

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Christophe Donay, Chief Strategist, explains how markets are pricing in the risk of Brexit, and what the economic impact would be.

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Pictet Perspectives – Brexit risks

2016-04-21

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Christophe Donay, Chief Strategist, explains how markets are pricing in the risk of Brexit, and what the economic impact would be.

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Swiss Labour Force Survey 2015: Large increase in labour market participation of 55 to 64 year-olds

2016-04-19

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2016-04-19

19.04.2016 09:15  - FSO, Labour Force (0353-1603-90) Swiss Labour Force Survey 2015 Neuchâtel, 19.04.2016 (FSO) – In 2015 the average age of the economically active population was 41.6 years (+0.7 years compared with 2010). The ageing of the economic...

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Heiner Flassbeck über die Griechenland “Rettung” 2015

2016-04-17

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Swiss Producer and Import Price Index in March 2016: The Producer and Import Price Index remains stable overall

2016-04-14

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2016-04-14

The Producer and Import Price Index remained unchanged in March 2016 compared with the previous month at 99.0 points (base December 2015 = 100). Whereas the Producer Price Index increased by 0.1%, the Import Price Index remained unchanged on average. Compared with March 2015, the price level of the whole range of domestic and imported products fell by 4.7%. These are the findings of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

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Swiss Consumer Price Index in March 2016: -0.9 percent against 2015, +0.3 percent against last month

2016-04-08

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2016-04-08

08.04.2016 09:15  - FSO, Prices (0353-1603-50) Swiss Consumer Price Index in March 2016 Neuchâtel, 08.04.2016 (FSO) – The Swiss Consumer Price Index increased by 0.3% in March 2016 compared with the previous month, reaching 100.1 points (December 201...

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