In 1993 investment expenditures in the total economy were 2.6 percent below the level in 1992. The year 1994 is likely to see a rather diverse development, with outlays in manufacturing still on the decrease. High investment outlays abroad over the last few years and productivity advances of...

Aggregate investment, which had outpaced GDP growth for years, lagged behind in 1992 and will shrink by 2.9 percent at constant prices in 1993. In the economic sectors sampled by WIFO it is set to fall by 10 percent in volume, in manufacturing industry by as much as 19 percent. While capital...

Gross fixed capital formation in Austria picked up markedly in 1988 and will further accelerate in 1989. Yet, investment is still below typical levels in cyclical peaks, as a ratio of GDP it is lower than in 1980. Commercial trade, construction, and a number of service industries took the lead...

In the context of its regular business cycle monitoring and forecasting exercise WIFO in late 1994 sampled some 3,000 manufacturing, construction, and public utility companies for their investment plans. The results suggest that in these sectors aggregate investment continued falling in 1994, by...

In its semi-annual investment survey, WIFO in late October 1995 sampled 3,000 enterprises from manufacturing industry, construction, electricity generation and other public utilities for their business outlook and investment intentions. These four sectors increased capital spending by an...

Capital spending by manufacturing industry in 1993 totaled 51.5 billion AS, 18 percent less than a year earlier, with the investment ratio falling to 6 percent of turnover and only one-tenth of overall investment being accounted for by industry. The slump was due to falling demand for...

Investment Activity Remains Sluggish