Swiss GDP grew faster than expected by 0.7% qoq in Q2, versus expectation of 0.5% qoq. The government also raised growth forecast for this year.
A government economist Ronald Indergand said that “for the year as a whole we could be looking at a growth rate much nearer to the 3 percent rate than 2 percent, which would be above the long-term average.”
In the prior forecast, the government projected Swiss GDP to grow 2.4% in 2018, comparing to 1.6% in 2017.
