There are various ways to measure unemployment. Switzerland’s standard measure looks at the number of people registered with unemployment offices across the country. By this measure Switzerland’s unemployment recently reached a 10 year low of 2.6%. Today, another unemployment measure was published. It shows a 0.1% increase in unemployment over the fourth quarter of 2018 to 4.6% […]
46% of Swiss industrial companies considering relocating operations abroad
After a very difficult year in 2015, the Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM) started to recover in 2016, with new orders rising by 9.5%. At the same time 23% of the industry made a loss on the back of high costs and a 1.8% drop in sales, says the industry association Swiss MEM. […]
Swiss unemployment higher in August, Geneva highest
There were around 8,500 more unemployed in Switzerland in August 2015 compared to the same time last year. Across the whole of Switzerland the rate was 3.2%, 0.2% higher than at the same point in 2014. Large regional differences persist. Geneva and Neuchâtel had the highest rates of 5.5% and 5.4%, creeping up 0.1% and […]
