Swiss government raises 2019 GDP growth forecast to 0.9% from 0.8% previously

Latest economic forecasts released by SECO - 12 December 2019

  • 2020 GDP growth forecast 1.7% (previously 1.7%)
  • 2019 inflation forecast 0.4% (previously 0.5%)
  • 2020 inflation forecast 0.1% (previously 0.4%)

The prior (September) forecasts can be found here. The growth figures are relatively unchanged with just a minor bump to the 2019 estimate. However, the more worrying part is that they see inflation weakening further going into next year.

I reckon this should be somewhat similar to the view adopted by the SNB - we'll find out later - but this means that we could see the central bank get closer towards cutting rates further if inflation expectations continue to fall off.

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