macro

The whole world is puzzling over what US President Donald Trump is up to. His approach with a global recession is a clever move for the USA.

The G20 countries have agreed on effective taxation of the ultra-rich. Switzerland is of course on board.

Developments in Germany are now worrying. Politicians are no longer in control of the situation and are placing a heavy burden on companies.

The EU has far-too-high error rates when it comes to cohesion spending. If shortcomings are discovered, even more money is given.

Economist Hans-Werner Sinn shows in Lucerne what ails the global financial system. He even finds in Switzerland the solution to the Euro’s problems.

The Federal Council has presented its report on Credit Suisse. However, the events leading to the bank’s demise are described in a different way.

Martin Schlegel, the crown favorite to become head of the SNB, defends interventions on the market. He says they are essential for stable prices.

The World Economic Forum WEF is a platform for big speeches. But really important is what gestures mean and what happens in the background in Davos.

The Swiss Business Association has chosen a successor for director Hans-Ulrich Bigler. The personnel matter makes people sit up.

Switzerland’s unemployment figures remain very low. But they reveal two areas for action.

Central banks are inventive when it comes to monetary policy. The Argentines have come up with something special, from which Swiss can benefit.

The Swiss National Bank SNB has normally raised interest rates in step with the U.S. Now it is apparently changing its strategy.

Professor Bruno S. Frey has criticized autocratic systems, especially China. But a solution to the problem described would be quite simple.

Telecom company Swisscom is constantly struggling with IT problems. Now the breakdowns are no longer just affecting customers, but the company itself.

Switzerland’s export risk insurer, SERV, has already botched its IT transition twice. The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) attests to a disaster for a company that actually wants to manage risk.

Consumers are more optimistic. But they are still holding back on one important issue for the country.

The whole country should pounce on the data of the Swiss Insurance Association (SIA). Then it would become clear why Switzerland ticks the way it does.

Swiss banks should be very cautious when doing business with politically exposed persons, so-called PEPs. Now another blatant case comes to light.

The State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF) has come under fire. This shows that the authority is not needed at all.

Apparently, the Corona vaccine can cause extreme side effects as well as death. States have exempted the pharmaceutical industry from obligations, and a big country is compensating for vaccine damages.

Economy Minister and SVP Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin convenes one round table after another. What is the point to all of these meetings?

Already for the eighth time the company Zwei Wealth presents the comparison of the achieved annual returns of banks and asset managers. The wheat is indeed being separated from the chaff.

Switzerland has its back to the wall financially. But when it comes to saving money, the Federal Council is just playing games, as two examples show.

Switzerland wanted to put a bar on new physician licensing. But this backfired and it is being revised – with an almost funny justification.

Swiss foreign trade has been top so far. But in the fourth quarter of 2022, it declined and, adjusted for inflation, 2022 was a real flop.