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Les coulisses secrètes de l’Europe vues par Yannis Varoufakis.

2017-10-24

by Liliane Held-Khawam

2017-10-24

L’ancien ministre grec Yannis Varoufakis vient de sortir un livre, « Conversations entre adultes. Dans les coulisses secrètes de l’Europe (Les Liens qui libèrent, 530 pages, 26 euros) », dans lequel cet économiste anticonformiste relate son expérience de ministre des finances de sept mois, janvier-juillet 2015, dans le gouvernement d’extrême-gauche de Alexis Tsipras.

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Swiss Trade Balance 3rd Quarter 2017: Foreign Trade at a High Level

2017-10-19

by George Dorgan

2017-10-19

Switzerland Trade Balance, September 2017

With adjusted working days, exports grew by 2.5% and imports by 7.4% in the third quarter of 2017. Trade was thus consolidated at a high level. The balance of the trade balance contracted from 10.3 to 8.5 billion francs.

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Swiss Producer and Import Price Index in September 2017: +0.8 YoY, +0.5 MoM

2017-10-13

by Swiss Statistics

2017-10-13

Switzerland Producer Price Index (PPI) YoY, Sep 2017

The Producer and Import Price Index rose in September 2017 by 0.5% compared with the previous month, reaching 100.5 points (base December 2015 = 100). The rise is due in particular to higher prices for petroleum products, basic metals, semi-finished products of metal, and scrap. Compared with September 2016, the price level of the whole range of domestic and imported products rose by 0.8%.

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Switzerland Unemployment in September 2017: Remained at 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted changed at 3.2 percent to 3.1 percent

2017-10-10

by SECO

2017-10-10

Switzerland Unemployment Rate n.s.a. September 2017

Registered unemployment in September 2017 - According to the SECO surveys, 133,169 unemployed persons were registered at the regional employment services centers (RAV) at the end of September 2017, 2,409 less than in the previous month. The unemployment rate remained at 3.0% in the reporting month. Compared to the previous month, unemployment fell by 9'506 persons (-6.7%).

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Swiss Consumer Price Index in September 2017: Up +0.7 percent against 2016, +0.2 percent against last month

2017-10-05

by Swiss Statistics

2017-10-05

Switzerland Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY, Sep 2017

The consumer price index (IPC) increased by 0.2% in September 2017 compared with the previous month, reaching 100.9 points (December 2015=100).

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Swiss Retail Sales, August 2017: -0.6 percent Nominal and -0.3 percent Real

2017-10-02

by George Dorgan

2017-10-02

Switzerland Retail Sales YoY, August 2017

Turnover in the retail sector fell by 0.6% in nominal terms in August 2017 compared with the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover fell by 0.3% compared with the previous month. These are provisional findings from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

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KOF Economic Barometer: Outlook for the Swiss Economy Remains Favourable

2017-09-29

by KOF Zurich

2017-09-29

In September 2017, the KOF Economic Barometer increases by 1.6 points. It thus partially reverses its previous month’s decline. With a new reading of 105.8, the Barometer still points to a level clearly above its long-term average. This indicates that the outlook remains favourable - the Swiss economy should continue to grow at above average rates in the near future.

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Switzerland UBS Consumption Indicator August: A pleasant end to summer

2017-09-27

by UBS Switzerland AG

2017-09-27

Switzerland Private Consumption and UBS Consumption Indicator, August 2017

The UBS consumption indicator increased to 1.53 points in August thanks to robust new car registrations and encouraging numbers of hotel stays by Swiss residents, indicating consumption growth slightly above the long-term average of 1.5%. However, the UBS economists still project 1.3% consumer spending growth for the year overall.

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Swiss annual growth forecast takes a cut

2017-09-23

by Swissinfo

2017-09-23

Swiss economic growth estimates for the year have been revised down to under 1% by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). This would make it the slowest year since 2009. The stats released Thursday predict a growth rate of 0.9% for 2017. The figure has fallen from previous estimates of 1.4%, and would mark the worst-performing economic year since a 2.2% contraction in 2009.

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Swiss economy resumes stronger growth

2017-09-22

by SECO

2017-09-22

Comparison of Forecasts of September 17 and June 17

Economic forecasts by the Federal Government’s Expert Group – autumn 2017* - Because of the weak performance in the first half of the year, the Federal Government’s Expert Group anticipates only moderate GDP growth of 0.9% in 2017.

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Swiss Trade Balance August 2017: Dynamism of Imports

2017-09-21

by George Dorgan

2017-09-21

In August 2017, Swiss foreign trade grew stronger both at entry and exit. With growth of 9.9%, imports were much more dynamic than exports (+ 3.9%). The balance of trade closed with a surplus of 2.2 billion francs.

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Swiss Producer and Import Price Index in August 2017: +0.6 YoY, +0.3 MoM

2017-09-13

by Swiss Statistics

2017-09-13

Switzerland Producer Price Index (PPI) YoY, Aug 2017

The Producer and Import Price Index rose in August 2017 by 0.3% compared with the previous month, reaching 100.0 points (base December 2015 = 100). The rise is due in particular to higher prices for petroleum products and chemical products. Compared with August 2016, the price level of the whole range of domestic and imported products rose by 0.6%.

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Swiss Real Estate: The Empty Dwellings Rate Continues to Increase

2017-09-11

by Swiss Statistics

2017-09-11

On 1 June 2017, there were 64'893 empty dwellings in Switzerland, i.e. 1.47% of the entire country's dwelling stock (including single-family houses). This figure represents an increase of 8375 empty dwellings compared with the previous year, i.e. a rise of almost 15%.

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Switzerland Unemployment in August 2017: Remained unchanged at 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted remains at 3.2 percent

2017-09-08

by SECO

2017-09-08

Switzerland Unemployment Rate n.s.a. August 2017

Registered unemployment in August 2017 - At the end of August 2017 135'578 unemployed persons were registered at the Regional Employment Services Centers (RAV), according to the SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs), 1'652 more than in the previous month. The unemployment rate remained at 3.0% in the reporting month. Compared to the previous month, unemployment decreased by 7'280 persons (-5.1%).

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Switzerland GDP Q2 2017: +0.3 percent QoQ, +0.3 percent YoY

2017-09-05

by SECO

2017-09-05

Switzerland Gross Domestic Product (GDP) YoY, Aug 2017

Switzerland's real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.3 % in the 2nd quarter of 2017. Manufacturing, the financial sector and the hotel and catering in-dustry significantly boosted growth, while developments in trade, public administration and the healthcare sector were sluggish. On the expenditure side, growth was driven by domestic demand, with positive momentum coming from both consumption and investment.

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Swiss Consumer Price Index in August 2017: Up +0.5 percent against 2016, remained unchanged since last month

2017-09-05

by Swiss Statistics

2017-09-05

Switzerland Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY, Aug 2017

The consumer price index (CPI) remained unchanged in August 2017 compared with the previous month, reaching 100.6 points (December 2015=100). Inflation was 0.5% compared with the same month of the previous year.

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Swiss Retail Sales, July 2017: -0.8 percent Nominal and -1.1 percent Real

2017-09-01

by George Dorgan

2017-09-01

Turnover in the retail sector fell by 0.8% in nominal terms in July 2017 compared with the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover fell by 1.1% compared with the previous month. These are provisional findings from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

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Switzerland UBS Consumption Indicator July: Weaker Swiss Franc Offers a Ray of Hope

2017-08-30

by UBS Switzerland AG

2017-08-30

UBS consumption indicator printed 1.38 in June, pointing to subdued growth in Swiss private consumption in recent months. Relatively weak growth in employment was much to blame for the lackluster number, however this was offset somewhat by robust new car registrations data and overnight hotel stays by Swiss nationals.

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KOF Economic Barometer Falls

2017-08-30

by KOF Zurich

2017-08-30

In August 2017, the KOF Economic Barometer fell by 3.9 points. It thus more than reversed its previous month’s climb. With a new reading of 104.1, however, it still points to a level clearly above its long-term average. This indicates that in the near future the Swiss economy should continue to grow at above average rates.

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Structural Business Statistics 2015: Employment grows again thanks to the tertiary sector

2017-08-29

by Swiss Statistics

2017-08-29

here were 597,000 enterprises in Switzerland in 2015, i.e. an increase of 3578 entities (+0.6%) in one year. The number of jobs, measured in full-time equivalents, also saw similar growth (+0.5%). These changes were mainly due to the dynamism of very small and very large units in the tertiary sector, according to the latest findings of the structural business statistics (STATENT) from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO)

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