Switzerland

 Pre-Meeting Forecasts,Oct 2005                                          Project LINK -   UN/DESA Oct. 26th 2005

                                  |  2003    2004  %chg    2005  %chg    2006  %chg    2007  %chg    2008  %chg  |
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                           Aggregate Demand (Millions of Swiss Francs, Current Prices)
 Gross natl prod      32 GNPN     |415800. 426299.   2.5 433281.   1.6 439991.   1.5 449944.   2.3 462430.   2.8 |
 Disposable incom     34 YDN      |259461. 266012.   2.5 270369.   1.6 274556.   1.5 280767.   2.3 288558.   2.8 |
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                             Aggregate Demand (Millions of Swiss Francs, 1970 Prices)
 Priv consumption      1 CON      | 86019.  87137.   1.3  87921.   0.9  88536.   0.7  89776.   1.4  91212.   1.6 |
 Publ consumption     22 G        | 16545.  16743.   1.2  16877.   0.8  16995.   0.7  17131.   0.8  17268.   0.8 |
 Equip investment      4 IE       | 23471.  24269.   3.4  24925.   2.7  26071.   4.6  27609.   5.9  29238.   5.9 |
 Const investment      7 CO       | 20189.  20896.   3.5  20917.   0.1  21105.   0.9  21400.   1.4  21700.   1.4 |
 Priv inventories     23 INV      | 40327.  39125.  -3.0  40477.   3.5  41769.   3.2  42596.   2.0  43399.   1.9 |
 Exports of goods     13 XM       | 47146.  50919.   8.0  51888.   1.9  54129.   4.3  56921.   5.2  59862.   5.2 |
 Exports of serv      16 XS       | 14737.  15180.   3.0  15589.   2.7  16291.   4.5  17138.   5.2  18029.   5.2 |
 Imports of goods     18 MM       |101910. 105262.   3.3 107292.   1.9 110858.   3.3 115349.   4.1 120057.   4.1 |
 Imports of serv      20 MS       | 7966.7  8094.2   1.6  8134.7   0.5  8150.9   0.2  8126.5  -0.3  8126.5   0.0 |
 Gross dom prod        5 Y        |138557. 140912.   1.7 143167.   1.6 145887.   1.9 149096.   2.2 152525.   2.3 |
 Gross natl prod      28 GNPR     |141706. 144115.   1.7 146421.   1.6 149202.   1.9 152485.   2.2 155992.   2.3 |
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                          Balance of Payments (Billions of U.S. Dollars, Current Prices)
 Exports             147 UNUSED   |116.573 137.073  17.6 142.754   4.1 146.141   2.4 158.475   8.4 173.745   9.6 |
 Imports             148 UNUSED   |111.243 127.692  14.8 140.590  10.1 145.802   3.7 157.265   7.9 170.990   8.7 |
 FOB trade bal       114 TB$(L)   |  5.329   9.381  76.0   2.164 -76.9   0.340 -84.3   1.210 256.2   2.755 127.7 |
 Exch rate(loc/$)     56 DOLLAR   | 1.3467  1.2435  -7.7  1.2366  -0.6  1.2683   2.6  1.2280  -3.2  1.1800  -3.9 |
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                                 Trade (Billions of U.S. Dollars, Current Prices)
 Exports SITC 0-1     81 VX01$(L) | 3.7913  4.3451  14.6  4.5481   4.7  4.7157   3.7  4.9056   4.0  5.1087   4.1 |
         SITC 2+4     82 VX24$(L) | 1.0922  1.2704  16.3  1.3277   4.5  1.3400   0.9  1.3648   1.9  1.3924   2.0 |
         SITC 3       83 VX3$(L)  | 2.4543  3.2969  34.3  4.9549  50.3  5.4448   9.9  5.4993   1.0  5.5543   1.0 |
         SITC 5-9     84 VX59$(L) | 89.807 105.316  17.3 108.132   2.7 110.285   2.0 120.294   9.1 132.733  10.3 |
        All goods     85 VX09$(L) | 97.145 114.228  17.6 118.962   4.1 121.785   2.4 132.063   8.4 144.788   9.6 |
 Imports SITC 0-1     91 VM01$(L) | 5.3643  6.2272  16.1  6.5735   5.6  6.9552   5.8  7.4605   7.3  8.0184   7.5 |
         SITC 2+4     92 VM24$(L) | 3.0991  3.6905  19.1  3.9215   6.3  4.1106   4.8  4.3679   6.3  4.6462   6.4 |
         SITC 3       93 VM3$(L)  | 8.5109 11.5773  36.0 17.7469  53.3 19.9503  12.4 20.7585   4.1 21.6057   4.1 |
         SITC 5-9     94 VM59$(L) | 76.052  85.243  12.1  89.295   4.8  90.857   1.7  98.811   8.8 108.522   9.8 |
        All goods     95 VM09$(L) | 93.027 106.738  14.7 117.537  10.1 121.873   3.7 131.398   7.8 142.792   8.7 |
 Trade balance                    |  4.118   7.490  81.9   1.426 -81.0  -0.088 *****   0.665 *****   1.996 200.2 |
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                                             Key Economic Indicators
 GNP deflator         33 PGNP     | 2.9342  2.9580   0.8  2.9592   0.0  2.9490  -0.3  2.9508   0.1  2.9645   0.5 |
 GDP deflator         38 P        | 296.73  299.40   0.9  299.69   0.1  298.80  -0.3  299.09   0.1  300.59   0.5 |
 Priv cons defl       36 PC       | 288.35  291.24   1.0  294.15   1.0  293.56  -0.2  292.97  -0.2  294.15   0.4 |
 Exports defl         51 PX       | 277.49  278.95   0.5  283.50   1.6  285.35   0.7  284.90  -0.2  285.41   0.2 |
 Imports defl         39 PM       | 126.86  130.13   2.6  139.80   7.4  143.89   2.9  144.36   0.3  144.84   0.3 |
 Real wage rate       31 RW       | 0.2079  0.2079   0.0  0.2073  -0.3  0.2083   0.5  0.2100   0.8  0.2111   0.5 |
 Nom  wage rate       27 W        | 61.697  62.253   0.9  62.128  -0.2  62.251   0.2  62.812   0.9  63.441   1.0 |
 Short term int        3 INT      | 0.1600  0.3700 131.2  0.7000  89.2  1.5000 114.3  1.9000  26.7  2.2000  15.8 |
 Long term int         6 HYP      | 2.7000  2.7000   0.0  3.0000  11.1  3.7000  23.3  3.9000   5.4  4.2000   7.7 |
 Employment           29 NE       | 3287.1  3293.7   0.2  3320.0   0.8  3356.5   1.1  3396.8   1.2  3437.6   1.2 |
 Money supply         53 MON      |242481. 255090.   5.2 248457.  -2.6 247712.  -0.3 251675.   1.6 255702.   1.6 |
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 Unit of employment is thousands.


Generated October 28, 2005.
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