BERN: Domestic spending kept Switzerland’s economy expanding in the second quarter as government figures released on Friday showed a surprise upturn in growth.
The country’s gross domestic product expanded 1.2 percent in real terms from the same period a year earlier and by 0.2 percent from the first quarter, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said in a report.
Household spending and expenditures by non-profit institutions serving households rose 0.3 percent from the previous quarter, Seco said. General government spending also rose by 0.2 percent, the report said.
Exports of goods rose slightly while imports declined boosting the country’s balance of trade in goods, Seco said.
