Central banks weigh economic growth against inflation control
Despite some victories in the U.S. and the eurozone, policymakers now face the challenge of maintaining economic growth while restraining…
Good prospects for Swiss winter tourism
According to tourism forecasts published by BAK Economics on behalf of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), demand for…
Zero-emission climate policy to grow the Swiss economy
Switzerland can make its energy supply climate-neutral by 2050 and at the same time ensure its security, as shown by a study that also…
Residential property prices increased by 2.7 percent
In the second quarter of 2022, the Swiss Residential Property Price Index (IMPI) increased by 2.7 percent from the previous quarter to…
Switzerland supports start-ups and establishes Swiss innovation fund
The Federal Council wants to further strengthen the Swiss startup ecosystem and has decided to establish a fund open to all sectors to…
Swiss tourism despite all crises with strong growth
According to the tourism forecasts published today by BAK Economics on behalf of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), demand…
Hydropower in Switzerland
Hydropower is one of the world's oldest energy sources, and is capable of generating electricity efficiently and with low environmental and…
Photovoltaic boom in Switzerland
The Swiss solar industry is growing fast, and in the last two years has shown that it is capable of handling this increase in demand and of…
In Italy, the tax burden has risen to 43.1%
In 2020, annus horribilis of the tricolor economy, the weight of taxes and contributions returned to the level of 2014, 0.3 percent below…
In Switzerland everyone participates in entrepreneurial life
The Federal Government has given the shareholders of joint stock companies the opportunity to participate in the corporate decision-making…