WIFO has been conducting its Business Cycle Survey since 1954. Today, some 1,600 businesses, with altogether more than 200,000 employees, are participating in the survey. The findings of the survey are analysed to obtain leading indicators of the state of the Austrian economy. The analysis shows...

Der WIFO-Konjunkturtest wird vom WIFO seit 1954 durchgeführt. Heute nehmen rund 1.600 Unternehmen mit mehr als 200.000 Beschäftigten am WIFO-Konjunkturtest teil. Aus den Ergebnissen dieser Unternehmensbefragung werden Frühindikatoren für die österreichische Konjunktur ermittelt. Die...

The economic crisis has had a negative effect on the state of the public budgets. Consolidation measures and the slow recovery of the economy will continue to influence the budget until 2014. However, an increase in public spending on innovation and education is possible in principle, despite...