Throughout 2013, the construction industry suffered from the heavy pressure exerted by imbalances in the real estate markets. Civil engineering was affected in particular by restricted public budgets. Altogether, overall construction volumes declined by 3.0 percent. For 2014, demand in general...

According to the results of WIFO's Spring 2013 Investment Survey, investment in manufacturing expressed in current prices is expected to increase by 6.5 percent in 2013. However, the increase is highly uneven across industry groups. The intermediate goods industry plans to cut its investments by...