Chief financial officers (CFOs) are more pessimistic about the economic outlook for Switzerland than they were six months ago, according to a survey conducted by Deloitte for the second half of 2022.
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However, a majority of the 127 managers surveyed believe that their companies will experience growth in the near future.
“The geopolitical situation and its direct and indirect consequences clearly influence the frame of mind within Swiss companies,” said the authors of the surveyExternal link published on Tuesday by accounting and consulting firm Deloitte.
The outlook for the Swiss economy over the next 12 months is “clearly rather dim”, it said. Six months ago, 22% of the CFOs surveyed were still assuming a significant decline in growth; in the current survey, this number is already at 37%. “This is an expression of concern but does not yet show an actual collapse,” the authors wrote.
The main cause of concern are the direct and indirect consequences of geopolitical developments: inflation, raw material and energy prices, bottlenecks in the supply chain and in energy supply. Germany and China are viewed with concern, too.
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According to Deloitte, on average the CFOs expected the Swiss National Bank to raise the key interest rate further to 1.3% in the next 24 months. “In this light, Swiss companies expect inflation to be above the target range, but comparatively moderate, at 2.4% in two years,” it concluded.
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