macro

One of the world’s most important economists, Bruno S. Frey from Basel, has launched an all-out attack. One Swiss fact in particular bothers him – but he presents the solution to muula.ch.

Switzerland pays more than one million AHV/IV pensions abroad every month. The country split shows where Swiss spend their retirement.

Courage has hardly been researched. But now the rector of the University of Basel is speaking out to show more courage in Switzerland.

Swisscom’s communication seems to be aimed only at putting the state-owned company in the best light. An example shows how fatal this is for Switzerland.

It is true that the use of cash is declining. But coins and notes have important properties. Therefore, cash will still be around for a long time.

The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) will be allowed to significantly increase its electricity prices. However, the entire system for traction current is on edge.

Politicians almost everywhere are trying to override market forces. Yet price shocks are essential for technical and economic innovations.

SVP Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer has taken two important actions shortly before his departure. These should pay off for Switzerland.

Illegal price fixing costs consumers a lot of money. However, obstructing competition is often difficult to detect – but there should now be an end to it.

Every year the Swiss spend the proud sum of around 90 billion Swiss francs on healthcare. Hardly anyone knows for what specifically.

The footballers from Saudi Arabia have surprisingly won the World Cup against Argentina with 2 to 1. However, the joy over this is really about the money.

Switzerland wants to shift freight traffic from the roads to the railways. It is succeeding in this and, looking at EU countries, it is ahead twice.

Inflation is visible almost everywhere. However, it also stands out that only one group of people is affected by the problem.

Switzerland pays its civil servants too well. It affects one group in particular, who really wouldn’t need it, one minister revealed.

The Swiss bank UBS is trying to estimate developments for the year 2023. These horror scenarios are not that improbable.

Switzerland’s imports and exports have been characterized by growth. But the global economy is also slowing down Swiss trade – although one country can still be relied upon.

The Federal Supreme Court should call off the Federal Assembly on the amendment of the Energy Act. But it rejected a corresponding appeal and still showed sympathy with the legal case.

Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fell sharply in the third quarter. Compared to the same quarter last year, four sectors in particular stand out.

The pandemic has shown how disagreement among virologists can play out. Now economists are arguing, and this could be fatal for Switzerland.

Switzerland always pretends to be environmentally friendly. Yet this is not at all true when it comes to one of the most significant types of pollution.

Wages will rise like they haven’t done in a long time. Inflation is eating away at some of it, but in the long run workers have extremely good cards to play.

The price of gold had fallen dramatically with the rise of the dollar. As data shows, one group of customers is taking particular advantage of this.

The U.S. state spends a lot of money and officials have to make sure that enough funds are coming in. One source is bubbling up at the moment.

An economist is suing the OPEC cartel for around 50 Swiss francs. But the case could cost the participants in the oil cartel millions, if not billions.

The bad news about the way the world is going gives Swiss people the creeps. Yet the situation is really not so bad.