DAVOS - L'economia elvetica è la più competitiva al mondo. Ha spodestato gli Stati Uniti e occupa ora il primo posto nella classifica 2009/10 del Forum economico mondiale (WEF). L'anno scorso la Svizzera era ancora seconda. Le sue performance sono rimaste stabili, mentre altre economie si sono indebolite. Al terzo posto sale Singapore, che guadagna due posizioni.
"L'economia svizzera continua ad essere caratterizzata da un'eccellente capacità innovativa e una cultura degli affari altamente sviluppata", si legge nel rapporto del WEF pubblicato oggi a Ginevra.
"Il primo rango della Svizzera si spiega with the fact that economic performance remained relatively stable, while in the U.S. have deteriorated in certain branches, "experts explain the WEF. Moreover, the difficulties in the Swiss banking sector is less important than other countries.
the United States, second hour, the crisis has weighed on confidence, there were also a number of weaknesses, it is stated in the report. Last year, a series of financial scandals have involved very large companies. Disquiet also giving rise to macro-economic imbalances, deficits and 'debt, made worse by the costs for measures to stimulate the economy. Experts have doubts about the government's ability to control expenditure.
confidence in the institutions of Singapore, has instead strengthened. The Asian country is located in the first place for the effectiveness of its product and labor markets and the second for the financial market, while for infrastructure is fourth.
Scandinavian countries - the list of 133 countries prepared annually by the WEF followed by Scandinavian countries: Sweden is stable in the fourth rank, Denmark fell from third to fifth, Finland is still in sixth place. Completing the Top 10 Germany (unchanged), Japan (which goes up one position), Canada (ditto) and the Netherlands (who lost two).
Italy to 48th place - As for the other main European countries, Britain fell from 12th to 13th rank because of the difficulty of its financial sector. France is stable in 16th place, while Spain, hit hard by crisis, losing four seats and is 33rd. Italy gains a position and square to the 48th rank. The twelve positions against Russia loses and falls to the 63rd rank due to lack of confidence in its institutions.
Asia Pacific - The Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong remains in 11th position, while Taiwan rises five places to rank 12th. The Australia rose from 18th to 15th place, New Zealand from 24th to 20th. South Korea loses six positions and falls to the 19th rank. China and India gain a place each and are respectively 29th and 49th. In Latin America the most competitive economy is that of Costa Rica (+4 at 55th place). Brazil gained eight seats and is 56th. Last
, Burundi - The WEF also highlights the good performance of some countries in the Middle East: Qatar is 22nd (+4), the United Arab Emirates 23rd (+8), Saudi Arabia 28th (-1). Israel lost four positions and is 27th. The last-place ranking is occupied by Burundi, preceded by Chad and Zimbabwe.
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