Economic Downturn Becomes More Obvious

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: November 16, 2011; 15:38 ♦ (Vindobona)

Due to the strong development in the first half year, Austria´s economic growth will amount to 2.9% in 2011. However, for 2012 the growth rate will decrease significantly.

Economic Downturn Becomes More Obvious / Picture: © Vindobona.org

According to Bank Austria, the economic growth in 2012 only reaches 1.1%, after 2.9% in 2011. For the economist Stefan Bruckbauer, the recovery of the Austrian economy has now ended. Now, Austria faces a significant drop in economic growth and will only have a slow improvement in growth.

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