Executive Summary KOF Economic Forecast, Autumn 2018

Abstract

This is a summary of the 2018 autumn forecast for Switzerland, released by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich on 3 October 2018, with a forecast horizon now extended to the end of 2020. It first focuses on recent economic developments abroad, which constitute the most important conditioning factors for the Swiss economy, and then presents the main forecast results for Switzerland.