Production expectations in Austrian manufacturing are stabilising, and cautious optimism is confirming the business cycle recovery. Construction activity has recently been lacking strength, although firms' judgements on their order levels point to a rebound in the months to come. Retail sales...

In 2000, occupational pension systems comprised 430,000 individuals as eligible for a future old-age pension. With one out of six dependently employed persons entitled to a future company pension, this figure is markedly below EU average. Company pensions are most prevalent among major...

The public revenue sharing scheme regulates the distribution of tax revenues among the federal, state and local governments and that of transfers from the federal level. As a consequence of the centralised tax revenue system it is the central financing source for the state and local authorities....