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IMF forecasts Swiss economic growth to ease to 1.1 pc in 2019

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The IMF cited rising trade tensions and uncertainties in Europe as possible risks for Switzerland, it said in a government summary of the IMF's annual evaluation.

The figures compared with the latest government forecast for a 1.1 percent expansion this year and a 1.7 percent forecast for 2020. This would be a slowdown from the 2.5 percent growth Switzerland experienced during 2018.

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