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Disability insurance

This content was published on Sep 18, 2006 The mandatory insurance pays out benefits to policyholders who cannot finance their livelihood because of a disability. The insurance also helps to finance special institutions for the disabled. The insurance scheme is funded by contributions from employees and employers, as well as the state.

Institute for Business Cycle Research

This content was published on Sep 18, 2006 The Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research – KOF – produces one of the most widely respected Swiss economic forecasts. Its monthly barometer points to likely economic developments six months ahead. KOF is part of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Financial adjustment

This content was published on Sep 18, 2006 Financial adjustment is a system of solidarity. At the federal level, money is transferred from cantons with a high level of finances to cantons with more limited means. This balancing also allows the confederation to compensate for structural charges that are considered excessive for some cantons. A similar system of adjustment is also inside the…

Holiday camp offers getaway for the homeless

This content was published on Sep 18, 2006 The accommodation – two railway wagons fitted with hammocks – is spartan to say the least, but those behind the project reckon there’ll be no shortage of guests. Dubbed Club Med for the homeless, the Hameau des Chemineaux is the brainchild of Noël Constant, who runs the Geneva-based welfare organisation Carrefour-Rue. Founded more than a…

Expert pushes Swiss opportunities in Vietnam

This content was published on Sep 17, 2006 Vietnam, which has one of southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies, is on the verge of joining the World Trade Organization (WTO). After more than a decade of bilateral and multilateral negotiations – an accord with Switzerland was concluded in 2005 – Vietnam is preparing to become the 150th member of the WTO by the end of…

Price watchdog shows his teeth

This content was published on Sep 15, 2006 Economics Minister Doris Leuthard praised the office of the federal price regulator, which she said had become an important state institution. Leuthard said on Friday that the price regulator, a position currently held by Rudolf Strahm, a former parliamentarian for the centre-left Social Democratic Party, had repeatedly sounded the alarm about unjustifiably high prices. She…

Farmer David takes on tourism Goliath

This content was published on Sep 15, 2006 One family is leading opposition to the latest plans for the golf course, which would swallow up the area’s choicest farmland, ending a way of life for many villagers. Maja Regli stops her car at the highest point of a bridge. With a sweep of her arm she points to where the future golf course…

Price watchdog shows his teeth

This content was published on Sep 15, 2006 Only two years ago the government was on the verge of giving in to pressure from neo-liberal critics and scrapping the post of federal price regulator. But the tide turned after Rudolf Strahm took over from his predecessor. Strahm enjoys a high level of respect among both the public and politicians. “He has shown that…

National bank raises rates to cool growth

This content was published on Sep 14, 2006 It coincided with an announcement by the finance ministry, forecasting a budget surplus of SFr918 million ($736 million) for next year. The SNB hiked its target band for the three-month Swiss franc Libor rate to 1.25-2.25 per cent, aiming for a mid-point of 1.75 per cent within the new band. It was the third rise…

Gold diggers

This content was published on Sep 13, 2006

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