forecasting rounds and links macroeconomic and budgetary variables of the WIFO Economic Outlook to estimates for trend output and … the structural budget deficit. Until now, such decomposition has not been part of the regular WIFO forecast. …

In this article the accuracy of economic forecasts for Austria made by WIFO and IHS are investigated for four different … fluctuations, like investment, exports and imports. The indicators of forecast accuracy show equal or better results for WIFO than … investment (September), employment (September), unemployment (September, March, June) and inflation (June), WIFO shows …

and world demand. WIFO recently revised its forecasts for 2001 and now projects a rise in GDP by 2.6 percent, and a fall … in Austrian exports to 7 percent, after 12 percent in 2000. Manufacturing will grow by 4.5 percent. The WIFO Business … utilities (gas, water) foresee an increase in their investments by 1.8 percent. When including the sectors not surveyed, WIFO …

According to the recent WIFO forecast, economic growth in Austria is set to decelerate from 3.3 percent in 2000 to 1 … industry, Austrian manufacturing firms responded with some pessimism to the recent WIFO Business survey. The European business … recent WIFO Investment Survey, Austrian manufacturing enterprises plan to invest ATS 96.2 billion in 2001, which corresponds …

For WIFO, unlike private households, businesses and public corporations, the change-over to the euro requires more than … euros during the transition period. The essential issue for WIFO is to preserve the economic relevance of the data published … economic data in Austria: the Austrian National Bank and Statistics Austria. The change-over concerns all WIFO media: the …

According to the recent WIFO forecast, the Austrian Economy will achieve an extraordinarily high rate of real GDP … have responded very optimistically in the recent WIFO Business Survey. All seasonally adjusted indicators point to a … firms, WIFO forecasts an increase of production by 6.3 percent for the year 2000 and 5.0 percent for 2001. Overall …

In its recent investment survey, WIFO asked approximately 3,000 firms of the manufacturing sector, the construction …