Led by a dynamic export growth real GDP in Austria grew by 2 percent in 2010. Between 2011 until 2015 the Austrian economy is expected to grow by 2.2 percent. The annual growth rate of trend output will average at 1.7 percent in the forecast period, ¼ percentage point below the average of the...

Real gross domestic product will expand by 2.2 percent per year during 2011-2015. The unemployment rate (according to the Public Employment Service Austria, AMS) will amount to 6.8 percent on average during 2011-2015. Due to increasing foreign and domestic labour supply labour market conditions...

In the course of 2004, cyclical stimulus from the USA will lead to a recovery also in Europe that should continue over the whole projection period. The major risk derives at present from the high euro exchange rate which may hold back the momentum of the European economy. Under such external...

At 1.3 percent per year the Austrian economy will expand only half as rapidly in 2009-2013 as in 2004-2008 (2.7 percent per year). The current forecast period is characterised by very heterogeneous developments: during 2009 and 2010 the Austrian economy will be fully hit by the international...

The Austrian economy is expected to grow by 2.1 percent per year until 2010, exceeding the average rate for the euro area. The increase in external demand and the high competitiveness of domestic companies will drive exports in the years to come. The upgrading of the transportation...

Economic growth in Austria could accelerate to 2.3 percent annually in real terms over the next five years. At such a pace, the average growth rate would thus be significantly higher than in 1999–2004 (+1.6 percent). The chief momentum comes from exports. Domestic enterprises should profit...