. In addition, we show that the KOF Employment Indicator as well as the Employment Indicator of the Federal Statistical …

-term forecasting of employment in Switzerland aggregated in the KOF Employment Indicator. We use the real time dataset in order to … evaluate the presence of predictive content of the KOF Employment Indicator both for nowcasts that are published two months …. We find that inclusion of the KOF Employment Indicator leads to substantial improvement both in in-sample as well as …

. In addition, we show that the KOF Employment Indicator as well as the Employment Indicator of the Federal Statistical …

forecasts in two countries with different administrative territorial divisions and data frequency: Switzerland (26 regions …

forecasts in two countries with different administrative territorial divisions and data frequency: Switzerland (26 regions …

forecasts in two countries with different administrative territorial divisions and data frequency: Switzerland (26 regions …

While Switzerland's recent growth of employment was high in historical and international perspective, the reasons for …, forecasters systematically underestimated the growth of domestic employment. Finally, we highlight that immigration was not only a … consequence of the "miracle", but also an important cause, as it created additional jobs in Switzerland by raising local demand …

regime. In addition, the same methodology is applied to the national housing price index of Switzerland, diagnosing a bubble … in which global imbalances and Switzerland's status as a safe haven seem to be playing a dominant role …