Switzerland maintains an open,
liberal economy based on free enterprise, minimum
regulation, high productivity, business taxation that
is among the lowest of all western countries, and
a highly developed system of banking and finance.
Switzerland continually achieves top placements
in annual international rankings of economic, financial,
scientific, and educational performance, as well
as in the quality of life. These advantages include
a gross domestic product per capita and purchasing
power that are among the highest in the world. Inflation
and interest rates are among the lowest of the developed
economies, while patents per capita and research
expenditures per capita among the highest.
