Country Risk: Switzerland takes a tumble
| Rank | Economic performance average 1997-1998 | Economic performance | Expected change (%) | GNP growth | ||||
| Mar 97 | Sept 96 | 1997 | 1998 | 1997 | 1998 | |||
| 1 | 1 | Luxembourg | 86.86 | 86.22 | 87.5 | 1.48 | 2.98 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 2 | Singapore | 83.77 | 84.04 | 83.5 | -0.65 | 6.99 | 7.25 |
| 3 | 11 | Denmark | 81.53 | 81.78 | 81.28 | -0.61 | 2.86 | 2.79 |
| 4 | 27 | Malta | 80.8 | 81.6 | 80 | -1.96 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 13 | Ireland | 80.05 | 79.64 | 80.46 | 1.02 | 5.73 | 6.21 |
| 6 | 4 | US | 79.6 | 82.72 | 76.48 | -7.54 | 2.48 | 2.11 |
| 7 | 8 | Taiwan | 79.54 | 78.64 | 80.44 | 2.29 | 5.85 | 5.95 |
| 8 | 3 | Norway | 79.22 | |||||