This text presents the economic forecast released by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich on 13 June 2014. After an introduction describing the starting points and crucial assumptions underlying the forecast, we summarise the key results for Switzerland. Then we turn to the...

: This text contains the winter forecast 2014 of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich, released on 17 December 2014. We present the recent economic developments in Switzerland and abroad, and discusses the main forecast results in the various sectors of the economy. We expect the Swiss...

This text presents the economic forecast of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich on 23 September 2013. After an introduction describing the starting points and crucial assumptions underlying the forecast, we summarise the key results for Switzerland. Then we turn to the international...

This text presents the economic forecast presented by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at the ETH Zurich on 17 December 2013. After an introduction describing the starting points and crucial assumptions underlying the forecast, we summarise the key results for Switzerland. We then turn to the...

This text presents the economic forecast conducted by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at the ETH Zurich as published on 26 March 2013. After an introduction describing the current situation and crucial assumptions underlying the forecast, we summarise the key results for Switzerland. Then we...

This text presents the economic forecast conducted by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at the ETH Zurich as published on 26 March 2013. After an introduction describing the current situation and crucial assumptions underlying the forecast, we summarise the key results for Switzerland. Then we...

Als «Baumol'sche Krankheit» bezeichnen Ökonomen die Kostenexplosion in überwiegend kollektiv finanzierten Dienstleistungsbranchen wie dem Gesundheitswesen. Der US-Ökonom William J. Baumol sah die Ursache des Problems darin, dass die Arbeitsproduktivität in diesen Branchen langsamer wächst...

Der Beitrag untersucht den Zusammenhang von Lagerinvestitionen und Veränderungen der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Produktion für 29 europäische Staaten über den Zeitraum 2000 bis 2009. Ein besonderes Augenmerk wird dabei auf die Rezession der Jahre 2008/09 gelegt. Für die meisten Länder ergibt...

This text presents the economic forecast conducted by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at the ETH Zurich as published on 26 March 2013. After an introduction describing the current situation and crucial assumptions underlying the forecast, we summarise the key results for Switzerland. Then we...

Die Schweizer Wirtschaft befindet sich in einer Rezession, von der sie sich nicht schnell erholen wird. In dieser Situation kann die Konjunkturpolitik dazu beitragen, eine selbstverstärkende Abwärtsspirale zu verhindern und soziale Härten abzufedern. Da die Geldpolitik derzeit an Grenzen...