Nachdem die Konjunkturerholung im Vorjahr deutlich vorangeschritten war, weisen die Unternehmensumfragen des WIFO für das I. Quartal 2005 auf eine leichte Abschwächung der Dynamik hin. Vor allem die Entwicklung der Auslandsaufträge wurde zuletzt zurückhaltend eingeschätzt. Die Anzeichen...

European economic policy-makers continue to discuss which measures to take to restore financial markets' confidence in the credit-worthiness of countries with high sovereign debts. Meanwhile, borrowing costs have risen also for states with relatively low debt levels. The real economy continues...

Growth in the emerging market economies continues to provide only weak incentives for global business activity. While the US economy follows a path of solid growth, the recovery in Europe remains tentative. Demand and output in Austria are heading up, though the upturn is lacking momentum.

While economic developments outside Europe have been quite diverse, signs are mounting in the EU that the recession is ending. In Austria, business surveys and WIFO's leading indicator also suggest an improvement in economic conditions in the near future; up to now stimulus to growth is weak,...

The improvement in global economic conditions has now also taken full hold of the Austrian economy. Goods exports expanded at an extremely vigorous pace in the second quarter. As a consequence, industrial production surged, and capacity utilisation is again approaching its long-term average. The...

The slow recovery of the economy observed for a few months now continues. Indicators in all major economic areas show an improvement. While this positive trend is expected to persist in the months ahead, repeated minor setbacks are likely. Signs of a self-sustaining stabilisation are lacking so...

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...

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...

Global economic developments have been quite uneven in the first months of 2013. While the US economy expanded again more strongly, and China experienced some loss in momentum, stagnation continued unchanged in the EU. The OECD's Composite Leading Indicator signals a revival of the world economy...

Indicators in the world's most important economic regions as well as in Austria point to a vigorous cyclical recovery. Surveys among domestic manufacturing companies reflect strong optimism regarding their current business situation. However, the outlook for the future suggests that the pace of...