zurich aug 31 reuters  the swiss government sees no immediate need for measures to help cushion the burden of surging energy prices and inflation it said on wednesday noting the population should be able to handle the situation without undue hardship the federal council cabinet is of the opinion that the price increases to date are bearable for households it said in a statement still it continued to analyse developments on energy markets and their impact on households and business and would assess the situation again after an energy price task force reported back in october it added it noted that consumer price inflation of 34 in july was the highest in more than two decades but was much lower than in the eurozone and was set to fall next year from the average 25 to 3 economists expect this year the economy was also performing well and unemployment was low it noted it said it would amend carbon rules so that companies urged or forced to switch energy sources from natural gas to heating oil amid looming winter gas shortages could have the additional emissions temporarily exempted from monitoring of emissions reduction obligations