Inflation & Prices

Swiss Inflation Stays Unexpectedly Weak in Test for the SNB

Switzerland’s consumer prices rose 0.2% from a year ago, matching August’s increase.

Photographer: Pascal Mora/Bloomberg

Swiss inflation stayed unexpectedly low in September, posing a challenge to the central bank at a time when the economy is also suffering from outsized US tariffs.

Consumer prices rose 0.2% from a year ago, matching August’s increase, the country’s statistics office said on Thursday. All but three economists out of a Bloomberg survey of 15 had anticipated a pickup.