Firms' assessment of the economic situation in the coming months has become less positive. The deterioration in sentiment indicators points to slowing growth in the coming quarters. In the first quarter, the Austrian economy still expanded at a very vigorous pace, though (+0.7 percent...

Die Industriekonjunktur verläuft gespalten: Während in der Erzeugung von Kraftfahrzeugen, Investitionsgütern und Vorprodukten sowohl die Produktion als auch die Produktionserwartungen aufwärts gerichtet sind, leiden die Hersteller von Konsumgütern nach wie vor unter Nachfragemangel....

Das Geschäftsklima ist in der Sachgüterproduktion sehr günstig, die Produktion stieg arbeitstägig bereinigt im Sommer (Juni bis August) gegenüber dem Vorjahr um 9%. Der WIFO-Konjunkturtest vom Oktober deutet auf ein Anhalten der kräftigen Industriekonjunktur hin. Treibende Kraft ist der...

Starting from the USA, the economic downturn has meanwhile reached the entire world economy. The financial crisis is exacerbating the slackening of global business activity. In the euro area, demand and output are set to contract by 1.2 percent in 2009. In Austria, too, real GDP is likely to...

The Austrian economy barely expanded quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2008 (+0.1 percent), but unlike Germany's is not yet in a recession. However, sharply falling order book levels and business expectations suggest that economic activity will weaken further in the coming months. This...

The Austrian economy grew by 3.4 percent in real terms year-on-year in the third quarter. The boom in the export industry continued, and the results of the WIFO business survey point to only a slight deceleration in the coming quarters. By contrast, consumption growth was very modest. Rising...

Following a slowdown of economic expansion in Austria in the second quarter (+0.4 percent quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted, +2.0 percent year-on-year), firms' expectations regarding business conditions in the months ahead are deteriorating further. Weak demand from major trading partners...

In the fourth quarter of 2007, the Austrian economy expanded by 0.6 percent compared to the proceeding period (seasonally and working day adjusted), still at a vigorous pace. However, there has been a steady decline in growth momentum already since the second quarter of 2007 and also in the...

The Austrian economy expanded at a seasonally and working day adjusted rate of 0.8 percent quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2008, following +0.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007. On a year-on-year basis, growth accelerated to 3.5 percent in real terms. Economic activity is picking...

Die Erholung der heimischen Konjunktur hielt im Sommer an. Im III. Quartal übertraf die Ausfuhr das Vorjahresniveau nominell um 12%. Dies hatte eine kräftige Ausweitung der Sachgüterproduktion zur Folge. Der jüngste starke Anstieg des Euro-Kurses belastet jedoch die Exportwirtschaft und...