According to the results of WIFO's spring 2010 investment survey, investment in manufacturing expressed in current prices is expected to decrease by 11 percent in 2010. A detailed look at broad manufacturing industry groups shows that the decline will be most pronounced in motor vehicles,...

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...

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 Spring 2009 Investment Survey, investment in manufacturing (at current prices) is expected to decrease by 15 percent in 2009. A detailed look at broad manufacturing industry groups shows that the fall will be most pronounced in motor vehicles with a decline of...

Investment will increase in manufacturing by 9.2 percent in 2014 as compared to the previous year. The largest rise is expected for producers of consumer goods and of investment goods (including transport equipment). However, manufacturers of intermediates plan a minor rise in investment. Firms...

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...

According to the results of the WIFO Spring 2012 Investment Survey, investment in manufacturing expressed in current prices is expected to increase by 9 percent in 2012. The increase will be greater for investment in equipment (+14 percent) than for investment in structures (+3 percent). A...

The European residential market is currently heavily influenced by the macroeconomic environment, particularly the situation in the financial and labour markets. The sovereign debt crisis and a lack of confidence have cut into the demand for housing production; austerity measures adversely...