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Economic trends

Advanced text with exercises

Economic trends

A quarterly reassessment of economic developments.

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Updated on 18.08.2025
1–3 lessons
German, French, Italian
KV
FVB
GYM
Easy to use

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, autumn 2025: 10.11.2025

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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