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Switzerland: Recent Economic Developments
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International Monetary Fund
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IMF Staff Country Reports
Volume/Issue:
Volume 1996: Issue 031
Language:
English
Publication Date:
07 May 1996
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451807134.002
ISBN:
9781451807134
ISSN:
1934-7685
Pages:
51
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; government; appreciation; inflation; inflation rate; net; balance of payments; debt ratio; target path; GDP deflator; exchange rate appreciation; federal deficit; General government development; competition law; goods price; Wages; Unemployment rate; Exchange rates; Monetary base; Unemployment; Europe
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This paper reviews economic developments in Switzerland during 1990–95. In the early 1990s, Switzerland experienced an unusually long recession, which bottomed out in the middle of 1993. Since then, the economy has returned to positive growth, with the main impulses coming from commodity exports and private investment. There was renewed growth in gross capital formation of close to 6 percent in 1994, reflecting improved business confidence deriving mainly from growing export orders. Investment in machinery and equipment, in particular, was the sole component of domestic demand to grow strongly.
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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
IMF Staff Country Reports
ISSN:
1934-7685
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Volume 1996: Issue 031