17/01/2022 - 

Press conference at 11:30 CET

The OECD will present a new Economic Survey of Switzerland on Thursday 20 January. The Survey examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Swiss economy and assesses the pace of recovery with an in-depth look at the country’s labour market, including how structural changes could strengthen long-term growth. The Survey also looks at Switzerland’s competitive environment and examines how economic developments can be aligned with environmental and climate targets.

OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann and OECD Deputy Director for Country Studies Isabell Koske will present the Survey’s key messages and take questions at a virtual press conference on Thursday 20 January at 11:30 CET, with the Swiss Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research Guy Parmelin and State Secretary, SECO-Director and Director of the Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch. The press conference will take place in English and French.

• Journalists can register attendance.

• The survey will be published at 11:30 CET at the following link, which can be included in news articles: www.oecd.org/economy/switzerland-economic-snapshot/.

• Media can ask to receive the Survey under embargo prior to release by registering. They thereby undertake to respect the OECD’s embargo procedures. Embargoed copies will be sent out on Wednesday 19 January.

• For further information, journalists are invited to contact OECD media officers Nadja Nolting in Berlin or Catherine Bremer in Paris.

 

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