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politics and corporate affairs.
These extracts are from the The Economy section of
Switzerland's Briefings.
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 22/03/2005-01/05/2005
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| Government Opens UN Oil-For-Food Investigation
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| The University of Zurich's centre for economic research (KOF) revised downwards its 2005 GDP growth forecast to 1.6% from 1.8% because of an expected decline in exports. However, it raised its est...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 03/02/2005-21/03/2005
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| Social Democratic Party Votes to Back EU Accords
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| The government agreed to distribute Sfr21bn in proceeds from gold bullion sales over the past five years, breaking months of embarrassing political deadlock.
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 13/12/2004-02/02/2005
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| Switzerland Cuts 2005 Growth Forecast as Exports Slow
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| The central bank (SNB) left its benchmark interest rate unchanged following two increases in six months, commenting that the country's economic recovery has "lost some of its momentum". ...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 28/10/2004-12/12/2004
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| Growth Stagnates in Third Quarter
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| In an attempt to lure issuers in the €5,000bn eurobond market away from London and Luxembourg, the Swiss Exchange (SWX) announced new listing rules that will allow, effective February 1st 2005,...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 24/09/2004-27/10/2004
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| Swiss Reject Referendum to Ease Citizenship Rules
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| A Credit Suisse Group survey of regional economic differences has shown that the French-speaking region is maintaining pace with the remainder of the country, contradicting common claims by French-spe...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 04/08/2004-23/09/2004
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| SNB Bullish on Economic Outlook
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| Reacting to forecasts for continuing economic recovery, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) increased its key interest rate by a quarter point to 1.75%. However, the central bank said that it would react to...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 23/06/2004-03/08/2004
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| Key Indicator at Three and a Half Year High
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| According to the economic association, Economiesuisse, GDP is estimated to grow by 1.7% to 2.0% in 2004, higher than the association's original estimate of between 1.2% and 1.8%. The association s...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 18/05/2004-22/06/2004
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| Government Unveils New Round of Spending Cuts
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| For the first time in four years the central bank unexpectedly increased its three-month Libor target by a quarter point to approximately 0.5% as the growing economy eased pressure to keep borrowing c...
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