The Avenir Suisse Freedom Index measures economic and social freedoms in the Swiss cantons on an annual basis. This year’s evaluation, based on 29 indicators, paints a clear picture: the canton of ...

The Figure In 2025, fiscal equalization payments will amount to CHF 6.2 billion. The Confederation is to bear CHF 4.2 billion ...

In the previous article of our blog series on migration, we examined how many people move to Switzerland, where they come from and how they affect the ...

Most cantonal banks enjoy extensive privileges: explicit government guarantees and tax exemptions. As highlighted in Avenir Suisse’s new analysis, the Swiss Confederation hence loses tax revenues ...

The Swiss government wants to finance the military through higher consumption taxes. The price would show up not only at the checkout counter, but on workers’ paychecks as well. Migration Insigths ...

Switzerland faces costly decisions. After years of underinvestment, the armed forces require billions of francs to restore their defensive capabilities.

Pour réussir son entrée dans la vie professionnelle, il est essentiel d’avoir terminé un apprentissage ou réussi l’examen de ...

Die Zahl Mit der Schuldenbremse dürfen die Bundesausgaben die um konjunkturelle Schwankungen bereinigten Einnahmen nicht ...

When the heads of state of NATO member countries meet in The Hague at the end of June, tensions are likely to be high. Donald Trump’s return to the White House is testing the transatlantic alliance. A ...

Wie verändert Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) den Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt? Unternehmen investieren massiv in neue Technologien – mit Folgen für zahlreiche Berufe. Unsere Publikation analysiert, wie KI ...

Subsidies experienced a veritable renaissance with the coronavirus pandemic. While the granting of subsidies is at least transparent at federal level, in the cantons and municipalitiesthere’s an ...

Summer Series on Federal Finances Every year, dozens of millions of francs are spent on tourism promotion. But if the industry wants to market itself, it should not burden the state with it.