ZURICH, March 25 (Reuters) - Switzerland's economy should pick up steam this year despite the strong Swiss franc, prompting the Swiss National Bank to raise interest rates in mid-2011, the KOF ...

Based on input solicited from economists, the institute predicts GDP growth at a rate of two per cent for 2011. The overall expected growth is 1.9 per cent – slightly higher than the figure estimated ...

ZURICH, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Swiss economy is seen growing 1.9 percent next year, when the central bank is also expected to undertake its first interest rate hike since the global financial crisis, ...

The KOF, which expects the unemployment rate to ease further to 3.3 percent, said exports were expected to rise by 3.2 percent overall in 2011 despite the strong franc. "Asian economies are expected ...