Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Switzerland’s economic growth will slow down in the second half of 2011, Swiss National President Philipp Hildebrand said at an event in Geneva today.

The cap on the franc of 1.20 versus the euro introduced on Sept. 6 helped lower the risk of a recession, Hildebrand added.

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