According to the results of the Autumn 2004 investment survey, investment in manufacturing expressed in current prices increased by 7.7 percent in 2004 and is expected to decrease by 2.9 percent in 2005. The largest increase is reported for basic materials (+9 percent) and mining (+18.5...

According to the results of the Autumn 2007 Investment Survey, investment in manufacturing, expressed in current prices, grew by 26.1 percent in 2007 and is expected to rise by 8.4 percent in 2008. The largest increase is reported for the industries "automotive capital goods" and "foods and...

The short period of high growth has been interrupted by an increase of oil prices and a slowdown of the U.S. economy and world demand. WIFO recently revised its forecasts for 2001 and now projects a rise in GDP by 2.6 percent, and a fall in Austrian exports to 7 percent, after 12 percent in...

Von Vertrauen wird in der Wirtschaft und in der Politik sehr oft gesprochen, meist ohne viel darüber nachzudenken. Häufig werden negative Entwicklungen und Ereignisse nicht zuletzt auf fehlendes Vertrauen zurückgeführt. Doch es muss klar sein, dass mehr Vertrauen nicht entsteht, indem es...

Bei diesem Beitrag handelt es sich um die Schriftfassung der Dritten Wilhelm-Röpke-Vorlesung, die der stellvertretende Chefredaktor und Leiter der Wirtschaftsredaktion der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung, Dr. Gerhard Schwarz, am 12. Februar 2009 in der Thüringer Aufbaubank in Erfurt gehalten hat. Die...

According to the results of the WIFO Autumn 2011 Investment Survey, investment in manufacturing expressed in current prices is expected to increase by 10 percent in 2012. While investment in machinery and equipment will expand (+12 percent), investment in structures is set to decline (–16...