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This Selected Issues paper for Austria looks at the fiscal burden facing Austria owing to aging, and the policy steps …
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The Austrian economy has been growing at an annual rate in excess of 3percent since mid-1999. Experience with deregulation in the telecommunications and electricity sectors is encouraged. With strong economic growth and expansionary monetary conditions from an Austrian perspective, Executive...
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This Selected Issues paper focuses on the medium-term budgetary framework (MTBF) for Austria. Austria is part of a … trend among many countries to consider some form of MTBF. This paper describes the proposed framework in Austria and …
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The Austrian economy performed well, but long-term problems were unaddressed. Austria has weathered the slump well. The …
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Austria’s federal system comprises the federal government and nine provinces (Länder). The federal system is rather …
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This Selected Issues paper for Austria reports the impact of the government size, in addition to tax and expenditure … broadly in line with the European Union (EU) 15 average. Austria is characterized by a heavy taxation of the factors of …
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This 2002 Article IV Consultation highlights that after decelerating sharply in 2001, economic growth in Austria is …
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Growth in the Austrian economy decelerated in mid-2000 in tandem with weaker activity in Europe after a vigorous expansion. Privatization of state holdings in commercial enterprises has continued, and liberalization of the electricity and gas markets is planned to be completed well ahead of EU...
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Austria’s recession had limited effects on unemployment. Investment declined sharply but consumption helped cushion the … recession, supported by tax cuts and various labor market measures together with large increases in real wages. Austria’s fiscal …
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This Selected Issues paper estimates a dynamic model of foreign currency loans to households in Austria to analyze … developments in Austria’s economic linkages with Germany and the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs). It finds that … become stronger. The paper also discusses the dynamics of Austria’s economic linkages with Germany, and examines these …
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