After the slow pace recorded in 2014, growth of the Austrian economy is likely to remain modest also in early 2015. Leading indicators to date give no substantial hint for a revival of business activity. Hence, the conditions for a cyclical recovery during the first half of the year are hardly...

Short-term prospects for the Austrian economy have little changed since the last revision of the WIFO forecast three months ago. Output in the first quarter 2014 grew as expected, albeit somewhat less than in the fourth quarter 2013. Latest leading indicators have been slightly less strong than...

Die Konjunktur hat sich im 2. Halbjahr 2012 deutlich abgeschwächt. Die Vorlaufindikatoren deuten aber bereits auf ein Ende der Abwärtsbewegung hin. Zwar sind die Signale bisher relativ gering, sie sind jedoch in einer Vielzahl von Determinanten zu erkennen. Die heimische Volkswirtschaft wird...

While short-term prospects for the Austrian economy have weakened since last June's forecast revision, the pattern of risks is somewhat uneven as external downward risks slightly dominate domestic upward risks. Against this background, Austria's GDP is expected to grow by 0.6 percent in 2012 and...

Short-term prospects for the Austrian economy have hardly changed since the revision of the WIFO forecast of last December. As expected, demand and output edged down slightly in the fourth quarter 2012, but leading indicators kept heading up during the first three months of 2013. Having...

Since the revision of the WIFO forecast of last September, the short-term outlook for the Austrian economy has improved somewhat. This is mainly due to the slight, but broad-based uptick of the leading indicators which suggests that a turning point of the business cycle may have been reached...

While short-term prospects for the Austrian economy have weakened since last June's forecast revision, the pattern of risks is somewhat uneven as external downward risks slightly dominate domestic upward risks. Against this background, Austria's GDP is expected to grow by 0.6 percent in 2012 and...

After the stagnation prevailing since spring 2014, economic activity in Austria will remain subdued also in early 2015. Leading indicators have lately given no firm hopes for a cyclical rebound. From a short-term perspective, the conditions for a normal recovery of demand and output in Austria...