Swiss economy grows 0.2% in Q4, 1.4% for full year 2025

Economic recovery

Phase of the business cycle following a recession

An economic recovery is the phase of the business cycle following a recession. The overall business outlook for an industry looks optimistic during the economic recovery phase. During the recovery period, the economy goes through a process of economic adaptation and change to new circumstances, incl...

Economic growth

Measure of increase in market value of goods

In economics, economic growth is an increase in the quantity and quality of the economic goods and services that a society produces. It can be measured as the increase in the inflation-adjusted output of an economy in a given year or over a period of time. The rate of growth is typically calculated ...

Swiss National Bank

Central Bank of Switzerland

The Swiss National Bank (SNB; German: Schweizerische Nationalbank; French: Banque nationale suisse; Italian: Banca nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Banca naziunala svizra) is the central bank of Switzerland, responsible for the nation's monetary policy and the sole issuer of Swiss franc banknotes. The p...

Annual growth rate

Difference in value over time

Annual growth rate (AGR) is the change in the value of a measurement over the period of a year.

Economy of Switzerland

The economy of Switzerland is one of the world's most advanced and a highly developed free market economy. The economy of Switzerland has ranked first in the world since 2015 on the Global Innovation Index and third in the 2020 Global Competitiveness Report. According to United Nations data for 2016...