Ernst & Young Monthly News January 2010
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22 December 2009 – The vast majority of Swiss banks and companies are expecting a slow recovery for the economy and consider it
unlikely that there will be a credit crunch within the next twelve months. However, widespread financing shortages cannot be ruled
out for individual sectors, such as engineering, automotive suppliers and construction.
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14 December 2009 – The majority of the Swiss (58%) feel either unaffected or hardly affected by the economic crisis; only 1 in 17
consider themselves strongly affected. 42% of survey respondents believe their standard of living has increased over the last 10 years;
22% perceive it to have worsened.
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9 December 2009 – After stagnant markets in the first two quarters, IPO activity started to pick-up in the second half of 2009, principally
driven by deals from Asia and South America.