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GT IBR 2012 - focus on Switzerland
1. Focus on: Switzerland
International Business Report 2012 – Economy focus series
The economy The business perspective
The economy is struggling with the knock-on The Grant Thornton International Business Report
effects of the sovereign debt crisis in the (IBR) surveys the views of more than 11,500
neighbouring eurozone. As investors look for a safe businesses in 40 economies around the world. This
haven from the economic storm the Swiss franc has report focuses on the experiences of privately held
risen, hurting exports and capital investment, businesses in Switzerland and their expectations for
increasing the pressure on the central bank to do the next 12 months, as illustrated in figure 1.
more to weaken the currency. Slow domestic and The IBR survey tells us that businesses in
external demand have seen industrial production Switzerland are neutral about their economy over
slow. the next 12 months, in-line with the European
The key indicators are highlighted below: Union average. Business expectations for revenue,
• the economy expanded by just 0.2% in the three profitability and employment are positive but a lack
months to September, its slowest pace in two of a skilled workforce is a major constraint on
years potential expansion.
• year on year the economy expanded by 1.3%,
down from 2.2% in Q2
• export growth slowed to 1.2% in Q3 and fixed
investment contracted by 1%, led by declines in
the metal working and mechanical engineering
sectors
• the exchange rate peg of Swfr1.20:€1 has held
firm so far but fears remain over the level of
intervention that could be needed by the SNB
to maintain the ceiling.
1
source: International Monetary Fund, The Economist and Experian.
2. The outlook
Figure 1: Key indicators for MLEs
The economy’s strong progress over the past two
years is threatened by the franc’s appreciation and Switzerland compared with the EU average 2011 2011
slackening demand from key export markets. With Swi EU
the global uncertainties likely to persist, keeping the Outlook for the economy over the next 12 months
Net optimism -4% -17%
franc elevated, coupled with a weaker-than-expected
international economy, the economy is forecast to
Change in employment levels
contract by 0.1% in 2012, down from 1.9% in this Net hiring expectations -2% +7%
year. A complete meltdown in the eurozone is a
severe downside risk to this forecast. Constraints on expansion
As global conditions begin to improve in 2013 Availability of skilled workers 26% 22%
allowing the Swiss franc to lose some of its recent Regulations/red tape 25% 29%
gains, this should boost exports and overall Source: Grant Thornton IBR 2011
confidence, underpinning a resumption of healthy
domestic demand. While this will cause imports to
grow faster, reducing the boost from net trade,
growth of 2.1% is expected for 2013.
In the longer term, weak demographics,
featuring slow population expansion after 2014 and
little growth in the working-age population, mean
that economic expansion in the longer term will be
highly dependent on productivity improvements.
These are notoriously difficult to achieve in some
key sectors of the Swiss economy, such as tourism
and financial services. But other industries, notably
manufacturing, are expected to be able to boost
labour productivity. There is also modest room for
manoeuvre in service industries, such as business
and household services.
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3. International Business Report results
The Grant Thornton IBR 2011 reveals that global Figure 2: Outlook for the economy over the next 12 months: 2011
business optimism dipped again in the fourth Average percentage balance of businesses indicating optimism against those indicating pessimism
quarter. Businesses sentiment in the Netherlands 70
60
plummeted to net -44%, down from net -8% in the
50
previous quarter. Globally, the quarter-on-quarter 40
average declined from 3% to 0% 30
The sovereign debt crisis is weighing heavily on 20
10
businesses confidence in Europe; business optimism
0
across the European Union dropped to -17% in Q4. -10
However confidence in the BRIC economies ticked -20
Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011
upwards to 34%. Switzerland 51 74 0 -4
Year-on-year optimism amongst businesses has EU 31 36 0 -17
declined slightly from net 22% in 2010, to net 16% Global 34 31 3 0
across 2011. Source: Grant Thornton IBR 2011
Optimism/pessimism
• businesses optimism in Switzerland declined
again in Q4, dropping to -4%, down from 0%
in Q3
• sentiment across the EU fell by 17 percentage
points in Q4 to -17%
• globally, business sentiment dropped by from
3% in Q3 to 0% in Q4.
.
4. Employment Figure 3: Employment expectations: 2011
• employment expectations turned negative in Q4 Net percentage of businesses expecting an increase less those expecting a decrease
suggesting that more businesses intend to lose 50
40
workers than hire over the next 12 months
30
• net hiring plans fell to -2% in Switzerland in Q4, 20
below the EU average of 7% 10
• globally, employment plans ticked up to 27%. 0
-10
Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011
Switzerland 49 34 10 -2
EU 20 21 13 7
Global 27 34 23 27
Source: Grant Thornton IBR 2011
Revenue expectations Figure 4: Revenue expectations: 2011
• expectations for revenue growth in Switzerland Net percentage of businesses expecting an increase less those expecting a decrease
fell further in Q4, down to just 2% from 29% 70
60
in Q3
50
• across the EU, revenue expectations slumped 40
to 25% in Q4, down from 35% in Q3 and 52% 30
in Q2 20
10
• globally, revenue expectations held fairly steady
0
at 43%. Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011
Switzerland 61 66 29 2
EU 49 52 35 25
Global 55 55 45 43
Source: Grant Thornton IBR 2011
Profitability expectations
Figure 5: Profitability expectations: 2011
• profitability expectations also took a hit in Q4, Net percentage of businesses expecting an increase less those expecting a decrease
falling from 7% in Q3 to just 2% 50
40
• across the EU, business expectations for
30
increasing profits over the next 12 months 20
dropped to 13%, down from 41% in Q2 10
• globally, expectations remain robust at 31%. 0
Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011
Switzerland 37 18 7 2
EU 39 41 25 13
Global 47 42 33 31
Source: Grant Thornton IBR 2011
5. Constraints Figure 6: Constraints on expansion
• the availability of skilled workers (26%) is cited Percentage of businesses rating constraint 4 or 5 on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 is not a constraint and 5 is a
major constraint
as the most pressing constraint on expansion by
businesses in Switzerland, higher than the Availability of skilled workforce 26
22
European Union business average (22%)
Regulations/red tape 25
• regulations/red tape is cited as the greatest 29
constraint by businesses in the European Union, Shortage of orders/reduced demand 18
29
at 29% compared with 25% in Switzerland
Shortage of working capital 13
• businesses in Switzerland are relatively 24
untroubled by a shortage (8%) or the cost of ICT infrastructure 11
(11%) finance. 8
Cost of finance 11
21
Shortage of long term finance 8
23
Transport infrastructure 6
8
Switzerland EU
Source: Grant Thornton IBR 2011
Support of lender
Figure 7: Level of support provided by lenders
• the majority of businesses in Switzerland are Percentage of businesses
happy with the level of support provided by 40
35
lenders – 71% class lenders as supportive of their
30
business 25
• this compares with 64% of businesses in the 20
European Union 15
10
• 10% of businesses in Switzerland believe that
5
lenders are unsupportive or very unsupportive of 0
their business, lower than the average across the 30 19 41 45 17 21 7 10 3 3
European Union (13%).
Very Supportive Neither Unsupportive Very
supportive supportive unsupportive
or unsupportive
Switzerland EU
Source: Grant Thornton IBR 2011
EU integration
Figure 8: What impact would further integration between Switzerland and EU have on your company?
• 28% of businesses in Switzerland believe further Percentage of businesses
integration between Switzerland and the EU Very positive 6
would have a positive impact on their business
Positive 22
• however, 27% of businesses also believe it would
have a negative impact Negligible 40
• of those that expect a positive impact, the Negative 21
majority believe further integration would result
Very negative 6
in reduced currency fluctuation risks, easier
access to qualified personnel from other Don’t know 6
countries decreased bureaucracy and increased Source: Grant Thornton IBR 2011
export opportunities (all around 50%)
• of those that expect a negative impact, the
majority believe further integration would result
in pressure on prices from foreign goods &
services, increased competition, increased taxes
and EU administration costs (all at 60%).