The European construction sector remains stagnant. This is due to the slowdown of the European economy and an adverse macroeconomic environment. Currently, no signs for a recovery of the sector can be detected for the 19 European countries that were analysed by the Euroconstruct network at the...

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...

Die Unternehmen der Sachgütererzeugung planen, ihre Investitionen 2013 deutlich zu steigern (nominell +13,0%). Besonders ausgeprägt ist die Ausweitung in der Konsumgütererzeugung. Nach einem Rückgang der Investitionen in der Bauwirtschaft 2012 (–19%) erwarten die Bauunternehmen für 2013...

According to the results of WIFO's Autumn 2010 Investment Survey, investment in manufacturing expressed in current prices will increase by 21.9 percent in 2011. The highest growth is expected for automotive and investment goods. Investment recovery varies by firm size: while large firms expect...

According to the results of the WIFO Spring 2011 Investment Survey, investment in manufacturing expressed in current prices is expected to increase by 17 percent in 2011. The increase will be relatively greater for investment in structures (+33 percent) than for investment in equipment (+15...

The expenditure-to-income ratio is a widely used measure of housing affordability as it is easy to calculate and to interpret. Yet it suffers from several flaws that may diminish its usefulness. This paper addresses the main points of critique and improves the accuracy of the ratio measure by...

Housing affordability problems are expected to increase for Austrian households because housing costs have been rising dynamically over the last years. Households who moved more recently are expected to be affected the most. Previous research has identified younger households as also being prone...

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...

In 2009 business in the Austrian Länder suffered a serious shakedown as a consequence of the economic crisis, which primarily hit the manufacturing sector. Länder that have a high share of manufacturing businesses and which acted as growth drivers during boom times found their gross value...

According to the results of WIFO's Autumn 2009 investment survey, investment in manufacturing at current prices decreased by 24.0 percent in 2009, the largest drop since WIFO began to collect investment data (in 1964). For 2010 the greatest decline is expected for automotive, capital and...