July’s pick-up in the Swiss manufacturing PMI was an encouraging sign for the industrial sector, as is the Swiss National Bank’s continued intervention to prevent a renewed appreciation of the franc. But with exports and industrial output yet to respond fully to the drop in demand from the euro-zone, we expect the Swiss recession to get far worse before a very modest recovery begins.
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