the fiscal policy measures taken in Switzerland. Then we use simulations with the KOF macroeconomic model to assess the … effects on the Swiss economy of a) the Swiss measures on the one hand and b) the fiscal stimulus packages taken by Switzerland … stimulus packages in Switzerland and abroad, we re-run the KOF macroeconometric model counterfactually, modifying the variables …

In a pioneering attempt we present the R(ecession)-word index for Switzerland. We evaluate its predictive ability of …

In this study we construct the R(ecession)-word index for Switzerland. To the best of our knowledge, this has never …

constructed for Germany and Switzerland. We use these indices in order to track the business cycle dynamics in these two countries … Switzerland. Third, we show that the RWI-based forecasts are more accurate than the consensus forecasts (published by Consensus … Economics Inc.) for Switzerland, whereas we reach the opposite conclusion for Germany. In fact, the accuracy of the consensus …

The increase in unemployment to relatively high levels for Switzerland in the 1990s gave rise to two fears: First, that …