01725cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007912 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451807189 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Switzerland : 2001 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Authorities of Switzerland. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (46 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 Switzerland has had a mixed macroeconomic performance over the past quarter century. After stagnating in the 1990s, the Swiss economy has finally shown some spark. Registered unemployment has declined sharply during the upswing and was below 2 percent in early 2001 amidst reports of increasing shortages of skilled labor. The surge in oil prices pushed headline inflation slightly above 1 1\2 percent in 2000, up from 0.8 percent in 1999. The country's longstanding current account surplus reached almost 13 percent of gross domestic product in 2000. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2001/074 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2001/074/002.2001.issue-074-en.xml IMF e-Library