Euro cri­sis weig­hing on Swiss growth

De­s­pi­te va­rious un­fa­voura­ble in­di­ca­tors, Swit­z­er­land’s eco­no­my held up well in 2012 and de­fied both the euro cri­sis and the strength of the Swiss franc. But un­for­t­u­n­a­te­ly, this dif­fi­cult en­vi­ron­ment is un­li­kely to im­pro­ve in 2013. The um­brel­la or­ga­ni­sa­ti­on for the Swiss busi­ness sec­tor – eco­no­mie­su­is­se – has noted with some con­cern that the will on the part of many of Eu­ro­pe’s hea­vi­ly in­deb­ted sta­tes to im­ple­ment re­forms is al­re­a­dy wa­ning again. Under these cir­cum­stan­ces, in real terms the growth of Swit­z­er­land’s gross do­mestic pro­duct is un­li­kely to ex­ceed 0.6 per­cent in 2013, though the un­em­ploy­ment rate is ex­pec­ted to re­main low. 

Plea­se find at­ta­ched Mr. Gen­ti­net­ta's re­port and Mr. Minsch's state­ment as well as the pre­sen­ta­ti­on ​shown at the press con­fe­rence.