168 billion Swiss francs is the amount that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) had to lend Credit Suisse in mid-March 2023, at the height of the banking crisis. This was the only option to prevent the collapse of the once-second largest Swiss bank. The SNB provided a substantial portion of this liquidity assistance without receiving collateral from Credit Suisse. Therefore, in the event of bankruptcy, the Swiss taxpayer could have also lost billions.
It takes only half an hour to get from one end of the country to the other. In Liechtenstein, there are castles and palaces, nature and mountains, history and action—all this in a compact 160 square kilometres, home to approximately 38.000 people. The country's GDP per capita is USD 172.600, making it one of the highest in the world.
For more than 30 years, the IMD World Competitiveness Centre has conducted research on how nations and enterprises compete to lay the foundations for future prosperity. In the 2023 ranking, Denmark, Ireland, and Switzerland have been named the top three among 64 economies measured for their global competitiveness.

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