Carnage in the Swiss labour market

The fact that almost one-third of the Swiss workforce has reportedly applied for short-time work is a sobering illustration of the scale of the virus-related economic disruption. While the headline Swiss unemployment rate remained below 3% in March, we now forecast it to double, to a record high, in Q2.

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