Category: Econ/Stat
08/07/10
The Economic Cycle is Headed Upwards –Rise in Employment ExpectedGrowth in the Swiss economy in the 2nd quarter of 2010 was broadly based as the KOF economic surveys conducted in July show. Business activity picked up in many sectors. Thisdevelop… more »
07/04/10
Find following a link to a new working paper by Marius Bruelhart and Raphael Parchet about Inheritance tax competition in Switzerland. Alleged Tax Competition:The Mysterious Death of Inheritance Taxes in Switzerland, by Marius Bruelhart and Raphael… more »
07/03/10
Ethosfund: Ethos study on 2009 executive remuneration: increased pay despite the crisis, July 2, 2010Ethos published today its 2009 study on the executive remuneration at the 49 largest Swiss listed companies. Aggregate remuneration increased by 21%.… more »
06/17/10
10:37:54 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
, 201 words 
Categories: Stock Market, Real Estate, Behavioral Finance, Econ/Stat
This is great reading!Swiss National Bank: Financial Stability Report 2009The baseline scenario does not look that bad:"The baseline scenario assumes a further gradual recovery in the economy. Under this scenario, credit risk abroad declines… more »
01/07/10
Source: Tagesanzeiger (click on graph for larger picture)Tagesanzeiger published the results of an economic study about the prospects for the Swiss economy by Credit Suisse. Some of the important findings are: This recession has been less sever… more »
09/26/09
The Economic Institute of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (KOF) released its latest forecast for the Swiss economy yesterday. KOF is expecting a growth rate of – 3.4 per cent this year against the previous year. KOF researchers expect a slow re… more »
09/22/09
It is at least surprising that the State Secretariat has to correct GDP forecasts for 2009 by 1% within a period of 2 months:Swissinfo: Economy improving but slow recovery forecast, Sept. 22, 2009The Swiss economy is stabilising but a sluggish re… more »
08/29/09
The KOF Economic Barometer has again risen strongly, and in August 2009 reached –0.04
points. This means the decline in Swiss added value is likely to come to an end at the beginning of 2010. (KOF)
Source: KOF more »
08/23/09
ZEW: Financial Market Survey Switzerland
ZEW-CS Financial Market Test Switzerland - Economic Expectations Improve Again, August 2009
"The economic expectations for Switzerland have improved again in August. This reveals the current Financial Market T… more »
08/09/09
Swissinfo: US healthcare reform looks to the Swiss, August 8, 2009
"Although Switzerland struggles with bloated hospital subsidies and few incentives for doctors, Regina Herzlinger, a Harvard Business School professor, studied the Swiss system for her… more »
07/30/09
Zoug is considered Switzerland's most attractive place to live according to a survey carried out by German language magazine Bilanz. Nine criteria were used to judge desirability including the employment market, general accessibility and tax rates. Zuric… more »
07/04/09
Swiss Economic Institute (KOF): KOF Bulletin, August 2009
"EDITORIAL BY JAN-EGBERT STURM: WHAT WILL THE SECOND HALF OF 2009 BRING?
Dear readers, in the editorial of the KOF bulletin’s January edition, I spoke of a «distinct recession» in 2009. As h… more »
06/19/09
FT: Switzerland looks at cutting size of banks, June 18, 2009
Switzerland upped the ante in a global regulatory assault on the banking industry on Thursday as its central bank warned that Zurich was examining the forced shrinkage of banking groups suc… more »
06/06/09
Substantially lower energy prices in Switzerland lead to an overall price decrease. Lower energy prices could have a positive effect on consumption, thus tempering the danger of deflation.
Swissinfo: Prices undergo greatest decline in 50 years, June 5… more »
04/26/09
Mercer published its annual city ranking. Vienna has made it to the city with the world's best quality of life and has passed Zurich. Zurich is one of the cities which is heavily harmed by the financial crisis. The numbers of Zurich are heavily in the re… more »
03/26/09
Swiss Economic Institute (KOF): Main Results of the KOF Economic Forecast of Spring 2009
The recession deepens
"Economic developments in Switzerland until 2010 In the past years, the Swiss economy experienced above-average growth. Nevertheless,… more »
03/22/09
Giovanni Ferro Luzzi, professor at the department of political economy at Geneva University, about the state of the Swiss economy and why it is not surprising that economic forecasters now predict an unemployment rate above 5% for 2010:
Swissinfo: Sho… more »
03/17/09
Swissinfo: Swiss economy plunging further than expected, March 17, 2009
"Seco analysts are the latest in a long line of economists to revise their forecast, some painting a bleaker picture than at any time since 1975. Many forecasters had originally b… more »
03/13/09
FT: Swiss action sparks talk of ‘currency war’, March 12, 2009
The Swiss National Bank moved to weaken the Swiss franc on Thursday, the first time a big central bank has intervened in the foreign exchange markets since Japan sought to weaken the yen i… more »
02/18/09
07:04:02 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 156 words
Categories: Stock Market, Behavioral Finance, Econ/Stat
Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger reports that about 60% of the Swiss pension funds are underfunded. Pension funds are compulsory for employees and stipulate minimum benefits in the form of age-related credits, a minimum interest rate, which is currently 2%,… more »
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