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Economic trends

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Economic trends

A quarterly reassessment of economic developments.

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Updated on 14.04.2025
1–3 lessons
German, French, Italian
KV
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Overview

The topics covered are the current economic situation and the forecast for economic developments in Switzerland based on assumptions about the global economy.

  • Published on a quarterly basis in sync with the corresponding SECO publication (‘Konjunkturtendenzen’/‘Tendances conjoncturelles’).
  • Each issue comprises the following package:
    • Advanced text with exercises (a summary of the SECO publication prepared by Iconomix)
    • Slide set (PDF) with all charts and tables from the SECO publication
    • Link to SNB’s data portal with facts and figures on the economy
  • The individual components can be combined in different ways depending on the level of the audience.

Next issue:
Economic trends, summer 2025: 18.08.2025

Credits – Economic trends

Concept:
Iconomix

Worksheet with integrated advanced text:
Iconomix, on the basis of the quarterly SECO press release and the SECO publication entitled ‘Konjunkturtendenzen’/‘Tendances conjoncturelles’

Charts (slide set):
Graphs and tables from the quarterly SECO publication entitled ‘Konjunkturtendenzen’/‘Tendances conjoncturelles’

Time series (Excel):
BAK Economics AG on behalf of Iconomix

Data portal:
Swiss National Bank

Set of slides on how economic forecasts are made and used:
Professor Aymo Brunetti, textbook author and professor of economics at the University of Bern

Didactics consultant: Juliette Merath, Certified economics teacher, KV Zurich

Translation & proofreading:
SNB Language Services

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