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Switzerland : Selected Background Issues
International Monetary Fund - 1996
This Selected Background Issues paper on Switzerland reviews a few monetary and exchange rate issues, including … unusually high levels of saving, Switzerland may be one of the few advanced industrialized countries that strictly fulfills the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397181
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Switzerland : Recent Economic Developments
International Monetary Fund - 1995
This paper describes economic developments in Switzerland during the 1990s. Between 1990 and 1993, real GDP fell by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397569
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Switzerland : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund - 1997
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix assesses Switzerland’s recent real GDP performance in terms of … effects of stage 3 of European Monetary Union on Switzerland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397608
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Switzerland : Recent Economic Developments
International Monetary Fund - 1996
This paper reviews economic developments in Switzerland during 1990–95. In the early 1990s, Switzerland experienced an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397980
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Switzerland : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund - 1998
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix evaluates Switzerland’s long-term growth and productivity … tradeoff between inflation and economic activity in Switzerland. The paper reports estimates of the automatic and discretionary … improving the stabilization role of Switzerland’s fiscal policy over the business cycle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398627
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Switzerland : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund - 1999
Switzerland’s recent business cycle experience: first, the traditional “smooth-trend-plus-cycle approach,” which envisages …-growth” states (recessions) of the economy. The paper also examines Switzerland’s monetary policy framework, and describes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399003
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Switzerland : 2011 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Switzerland
International Monetary Fund - 2011
Although progress has been made in strengthening the Swiss economy, systemic risks posed by large banks as well as revisions to the macroprudential framework are still in train. The authorities welcomed the too-big-to-fail (TBTF) legislation and intervention of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399061
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Switzerland : Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund - 2011
The paper assesses the competitiveness of Swiss exporters, and shows that the effect of nominal exchange rate on trade balance depends on the degree of exchange rate pass-through and on trade elasticities. It highlights that the degree of exchange rate pass-through should also be factored in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399120
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Switzerland : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund - 2000
The Swiss banking system is characterized by a two-tier structure. The first tier is composed of the two large banks and some smaller banks focused on private banking, all of which have a significant international presence. These banks represent, so to speak, the “international face” of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402196
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Switzerland : Financial System Stability Assessment Update
International Monetary Fund - 2007
This technical note presents an update to the Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) on Switzerland. It reveals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403123