The Consumer Spending Index (CSI) Switzerland increased by 2.6% in August 2026 compared to the same month in the previous year. Expenditures in the category Retail: Fuel stations rose sharply once more (+17.8%), particularly in Northwestern (+22.5%) and Eastern (+20.0%) Switzerland. Expenditures in Retail: Food, beverage, tobacco increased by 3.7%, less strongly than in the… Read More Consumer expenditure grew in August (+2.6%), with spending at fuel stations remaining the main driver

The Consumer Spending Index (CSI) Switzerland increased by 4.2% in July 2026 compared to the same month in the previous year. After moderating in June, expenditures in the category Retail: Fuel stations rose sharply again (+18.0%), particularly in Eastern (+22.5%) and Northwestern (+20.2%) Switzerland. Expenditures in Retail: Food, beverage, tobacco also continued to grow strongly… Read More Consumer expenditure grew in July (+4.2%), driven by a renewed surge at fuel stations

The Consumer Spending Index (CSI) Switzerland increased by 4.8% in June 2026 compared to the same month in the previous year. The increase was broad-based across regions and driven by higher spending in the category Retail: Food, beverage, tobacco (+8.5%). Expenditures in the category Retail: Fuel stations continued to grow (+9.4%), although less strongly than… Read More Strong consumer expenditure growth in Switzerland in June (+4.8%), despite a marked decline in Accommodation

The Consumer Spending Index (CSI) Switzerland increased by 2.2% in May 2026 compared to the same month in the previous year. As in the previous two months, expenditures in Retail: Fuel stations rose significantly (+15.4%), most pronounced in northwestern Switzerland (+19.7%) and least pronounced in Ticino (+9.9%). Expenditures also grew in Retail: Food, beverage, tobacco… Read More Consumer expenditure grew in May (+2.2%), with fuel expenditures remaining high

The Consumer Spending Index (CSI) Switzerland increased by 2.3% in April 2026 compared to the same month in the previous year. As in March, the growth was driven by higher expenditures in the category Retail: Fuel stations (+16.1%), particularly in northwestern (+22.4%) and eastern (+21.2%) Switzerland. Expenditures rose by 3.3% in Food and beverage services and by 2.7%… Read More Consumer expenditure grew in April (+2.3%), with continuously high expenditures at fuel stations

The Consumer Spending Index (CSI) Switzerland increased by 1.6% in March 2026 compared to the same month in the previous year. This growth was driven by an increase in expenditures in the category Retail: Fuel stations (+11.8%), particularly in northwestern (+19.0%) and eastern (+17.5%) Switzerland. Furthermore, expenditures in the category Retail: Food, beverage, tobacco increased by 5.1%.… Read More Consumer expenditures grew in Switzerland in March, with a sharp increase at fuel stations

The Consumer Spending Index (CSI) Switzerland increased (+1.2%) in February 2026 compared to the same month in the previous year. High expenditure growth in Retail: Food, beverage, tobacco (+4.6%) more than offset lower spending in the residual category Other (-4.1%). In the further listed categories spending was similar as in the same month in the… Read More Solid consumer expenditure growth in Switzerland in February

The Consumer Spending Index (CSI) Switzerland increased substantially (+3.0%) in January 2026 compared to the same month in the previous year. As in December 2025, spending growth was broad-based across all regions and driven by higher expenditure growth in Retail: Food, beverage, tobacco (+6.8%). All categories except for Other (-2.6%) experienced positive growth rates. Similarly,… Read More Strong consumer expenditure growth in Switzerland in January

The Consumer Spending Index (CSI) Switzerland increased substantially (+3.2%) in December 2025 compared to the same month in the previous year. Spending growth was broad-based across all regions and driven by higher expenditure growth in Retail: Food, beverage, tobacco (+6.7%). For the full year 2025, compared to 2024, the CSI Switzerland increased by 1.5%, which… Read More Strong consumer expenditure growth in Switzerland in December 2025, but below average growth in the full year 2025

The Consumer Spending Index (CSI) Switzerland remained practically unchanged (+0.2%) in November 2025 compared to the same month in the previous year. Negative growth rates at the point-of-sale were compensated by a strong increase in E-commerce (+8.3%). Compared to October 2025, spending growth declined across all categories. This was especially pronounced in Retail: Food, beverage,… Read More Consumer expenditure stagnates in Switzerland in November