Unemployment: foreigners bear the brunt; the global economic slowdown has not left Switzerland unscathed. Foreigners here are having a tough time job-wise. A report.
Swiss News › Nbr. 2004, May 2004
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Unemployment: foreigners bear the brunt; the global economic slowdown has not left Switzerland unscathed. Foreigners here are having a tough time job-wise. A report.
For so many long years has Switzerland been regarded as the land of milk and honey that the economic slowdown affecting the country over the last few years has been something of a shock for the seven million people living here.
Economic growth has been sluggish since around 2001 and the unemployment rate which was just 1.8 per cent in the year 2000 jumped to more than four per cent at the beginning of this year. This is pretty low in comparison to Switzerland's...See the full content of this document
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