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Swiss Trade Balance January 2021: foreign trade starts the year on a positive note

2021-02-18

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2021-02-18

Swiss exports and imports, seasonally adjusted (in bn CHF), January 2021
After declining in December 2020, Swiss foreign trade again showed a strong increase at the start of 2021. In January and in seasonally adjusted terms, exports rose 5.4% to 18.9 billion francs and imports by 3.3% to 15.3 billion. In both directions of trafficking, the boom relied heavily on chemicals and pharmaceuticals. The trade balance closed with a surplus of 3.6 billion francs.

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Average annual inflation rate for residential property in 2020 was 2.5 percent

2021-02-16

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2021-02-16

IMPI – Swiss Residential Property Price Index, Q4 2020
16.02.2021 - The Swiss residential property price index (IMPI) increased in the 4th quarter 2020 compared with the previous quarter by 2.3% and reached 103.1 points (4th quarter 2019 = 100). Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, inflation was 3.1%. The average annual inflation rate for residential property in 2020 was 2.5%.

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EU STUNNED! As Varoufakis destroys ‘glorified cartel’ EU – Jab chaos exposes bloc’s ‘true weakness’

2021-02-12

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Yanis Varoufakis destroys 'glorified cartel' EU - Jab chaos exposes bloc’s 'true weakness'. YANIS Varoufakis has lashed out at the European Union's failings during the coronavirus crisis as he hit out at the shortage of vaccines across the bloc. The former Greek finance minister blamed the vaccine disaster on a lack of democracy and the EU originating as a “glorified cartel”.

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Yanis Varoufakis with Noam Chomsky on the Greek debt default.

2021-02-11

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April 16, 2016. Varoufakis tells Chomsky about the inner workings of the EU that he was privy to as the finance minister of Greece.

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LET’S TALK IT OVER – (with Roger Waters, Brian Eno, Yanis Varoufakis and Ken Loach)

2021-02-10

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"Let's Talk It Over" is a new show co-hosted by Yanis Varoufakis, Roger Waters, Ken Loach, Brian Eno and Frank Barat.

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Wie gefährlich ist die Lage?

2021-02-09

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Heute geht es um das Thema der Stunde, die Wallstreetbets und wie gefährlich sie der Wallstreet und dem Big Establishment tatsächlich werden können. Natürlich geht es auch um die Rolle der Hedgefonds und der Broker und wir werden über Robin Hood, Trade Republic und Game Stop sprechen. Schaut es euch an!

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Switzerland Unemployment in January 2021: risen to 3.7percent, seasonally adjusted remained at 3.5percent

2021-02-08

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2021-02-08

Switzerland Unemployment Rate n.s.a., October 2020
Registered unemployment in October 2020 - According to surveys by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), 149,118 unemployed people were registered with the regional employment centers (RAV) at the end of October 2020, 558 more than in the previous month. The unemployment rate remained at 3.2% in the month under review. Compared to the same month last year, unemployment increased by 47,434 people (+ 46.6%).

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Bitcoin ist eine schrecklich gute Erfindung!”

2021-02-08

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Ray Dalio war sehr lange ein Bitcon Skeptiker und sagt jetzt, Bitcoin ist eine verdammt gute Erfindung. Darüber müssen wir sprechen, denn das ist der Ritterschlag für Bitcoin, oder?

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2020 Cambridge Union address | DiEM25

2021-02-06

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ABOUT THE CAMBRIDGE UNION: From its small beginnings as a debating society, the Cambridge Union is the oldest debating society in the world and the largest student society in Cambridge. The Union remains a unique forum for the free exchange of ideas and the art of public debate.

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Vor Gericht und auf hoher See ist man in Gottes Hand, an den Finanzmärkten bald auch?

2021-02-05

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Es klingt zunächst ehrenhaft, wenn sich ein virtueller Flashmob von braven Kleinanleger machtvoll gegen skrupellose Hedgefonds wehrt. Im Sherwood Forest, in der Finanzwelt, soll Robin, das Gute, gegen den Sheriff von Nottingham, die Hochfinanz, gewinnen, oder?

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DIW-Präsident Fratzscher: “Dass wir einen Wirtschaftsboom erleben werden, halte ich für gewagt”

2021-02-04

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Der Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, wagte am Mittwoch im Rahmen eines Gesprächs mit Vertretern des Vereins der Ausländischen Presse einen Ausblick auf die Entwicklung der deutschen Wirtschaft im Jahr 2021.

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Yanis Varoufakis meets Owen Jones

2021-02-03

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Yanis Varoufakis is one of the world's most famous economists and left-wing intellectuals. The former Finance Minister of Greece, he is a Greek politician, the founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and launched the Progressive International with Bernie Sanders.

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Yanis Varoufakis at the launch of Jeremy Corbyn’s Project for Peace and Justice

2021-02-02

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Yanis Varoufakis at the launch of Jeremy Corbyn's Project for Peace and Justice.

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Swiss Retail Sales, December 2020: 3.5 percent Nominal and 4.7 percent Real

2021-02-01

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2021-02-01

Switzerland Retail Sales YoY, December 2020
Retail trade turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays showed nominal growth of 3.5% in December 2020 compared with the same month of the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover grew by 2.2% compared with the previous month. Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the whole of 2020, provisional results show nominal growth of 0.1%.

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ERC Viewpoints: The Future of the EU after Brexit with Yanis Varoufakis & Lord Lamont

2021-01-30

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In the first of our 2021 ERC Viewpoints webinars, ERC president Lord Lamont will host Yanis Varoufakis in a timely discussion of the future of the European Union following Britain’s departure. Lord Lamont and Yanis Varoufakis’ discussion will likely cover the hopes and fears for the future and the probable effect of Britain’s exit from the EU. After touching on the negotiation of the Brexit deal, we hope to hear an outline of Mr Varoufakis’ own...

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Festival dell’economia 2021 – Yanis Varoufakis ENGLISH

2021-01-29

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Swiss Trade Balance Foreign trade 2020: historic decline against the backdrop of a pandemic

2021-01-28

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2021-01-28

Switzerland Trade Balance, December 2020
Switzerland's 2020 foreign trade will bear the brunt of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: exports (-7.1% to 225.1 billion francs) and imports (-11.2% to 182.1 billion) posted a historic decline. Never before have they suffered such a significant quarterly decline as in the second quarter of 2020. Foreign trade has fallen back to its level recorded three years earlier. The trade balance closed the year with a record surplus of CHF 43.0...

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Varoufakis THREATENS EU with eurozone exit as he rages at bloc for ‘bankrupting’ Greece

2021-01-28

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EUROSCEPTIC Yanis Varoufakis launched a renewed threat to Brussels as his party prepares to fight for Greece to leave the eurozone unless the bloc accepts his demands.

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Yanis Varoufakis: From an Economics without Capitalism to Markets without Capitalism | DiEM25

2021-01-27

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A lecture organised by University of Tübingen economics students, delivered on Monday February 3, 2020, on the theme "From an Economics without Capitalism to Markets without Capitalism".

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Hans-Werner Sinn: “Wenn das passiert, ist hier der Teufel los”

2021-01-23

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"Wenn das passiert, ist hier der Teufel los" sagte jüngst ein bekannter Top-Ökonom. Was er damit meint, erfährst du im Video.

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