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KOF Economic Barometer: Recovery weakens
Since the 1970s, the KOF Swiss Economic Institute is publishing a leading composite indicator, the KOF Economic Barometer, predicting how the Swiss economy should perform in the near future. The methodology was overhauled in 1998 and again in 2006. The last thorough revision was conducted in 2014. The present version of the Barometer is based on a reference series computed by KOF, the month-​on-month growth rate of Switzerland’s Gross Domestic Product, based on the quarterly breakdown of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office’s data by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. The objective of the ... (full story)