01633cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007673 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451807172 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Switzerland : Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000. 1 online resource (40 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students For the past quarter century, Switzerland's real per capita growth rate has been substantially slower than in most other industrial countries. Unemployment has declined rapidly to 2.4 percent of the labor force in November 1999 from its 1997 peak of more than 5 percent. Inflation has edged up from exceptionally low levels. Switzerland's longstanding current account surplus was above 9 percent of gross domestic product in 1998 and is estimated to have risen further in 1999. The franc has shadowed the euro closely since January 1999, fluctuating narrowly around 1.6 Sw F/euro. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2000/023 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2000/023/002.2000.issue-023-en.xml IMF e-Library