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Commodity and Food Prices Rising
Austrian Wholesale price index in December 2010: +9.1% against December 2009; annual average 2010: +5.0% against 2009.
January 5, 2011
Downward Trend of Austrian Unemployment
Unemployment trend: Flash estimates for the fourth quarter of 2010 show an unemployment rate of 4.1%.
January 5, 2011
Demographic Development: a Future Challenge for Austria
The expected demographic development will increase expenditure in geriatric care in Austria.
January 5, 2011
Sales Drops in Austrian Construction Industry
The construction output value in building construction and engineering decreased by 3.5% from January to September 2010. The order situation is also deteriorating.
December 31, 2010
Austria's Material Goods Production Increases Massively
The production trend in the manufacturing and construction industry shows a positive effect in September 2010. Sales increased by 10.3%.
December 31, 2010
Production Increased over 5.2% in October
The production index for October 2010 of Statistik Austria shows an increase of over 5.2% compared with October 2009.
December 23, 2010
Further Increases in Prices of Industrial Goods
Increase in industrial producer prices in October 2010 is, according to Statistik Austria, +4.0% compared with the same month last year.
December 20, 2010
Inflation falls to 1.9% in November
According to calculations by Statistik Austria, the inflation rate for November 2010 was 1.9% after 2.1% in October. Price drivers are energy and housing.
December 16, 2010
Statistik Austria: Construction Costs Continue to Rise
Costs increase for residential and housing development construction; the index of bridge and road construction has declined however.
December 15, 2010
Strong Growth in Foreign Trade
In the first nine months, Austria imported goods for € 82.45bn (+14.8%). Exports increased by 5.8% to € 79.69bn.
December 8, 2010
Sales Gowth in the Services Sector
In the third quarter, trade and services reached a revenue growth of 7.2% over the previous quarter of this year and of 5.2% over the same quarter of the previous year.
December 7, 2010
Wholesale price index plus 7.1%
The index of wholesale prices, WPI 2005, amounted to 112.8 (preliminary value) in September 2010 and has increased by 1.1% against August 2009.
October 8, 2010
Austrian Statistics - Exports and imports increased more than 12%
According to preliminary results, total imports amounted to 62.84 bn euro and total exports amounted to 61.13 bn euro in the period January to July 2010.
October 8, 2010
Austria exceeds the Maastricht GDP reference value by 0.5%
Public Finances 2009: Public deficit increases to 3.5% due to the economic and financial crisis.
September 30, 2010
Austria - Construction orders down by 4.6% in June
Volume of orders in construction of buildings and civil engineering decreasing by 4.6% at the end of June 2010.
September 29, 2010
Austria - Construction output down by 9.1%
Output of construction of buildings and civil engineering decreasing from January to June 2010: -9.1%
September 29, 2010
Austria - Turnover in industry and construction in June 2010 up 14.3%
60,657 enterprises in the entire industry and construction sector turned over a total of EUR 19.7 bn.
September 29, 2010
Austrian tourism - summer season 2010 plus 1.1%
The most important summer month stabilizes the positive development of the current season (+1.1%)
September 24, 2010
Economy - Registrations of motor vehicles up in August
Registrations of used motor vehicles in August 2010: +9.9%; passenger cars +11.4%, lorries +6.6%. A total of 85 041 registrations of used motor vehicles were observed in August 2010, which is 9.9% more than in August 2009.
September 23, 2010
Industrial Producer Prices are Raising
Increasing upward trend of industrial producer prices in July 2010: +4.2% over July 2009; +0.4% compared to June 2010
September 17, 2010
Unemployment rate down 4.4%
Stable labour market in the second quarter 2010; more men and less women were employed than in the second quarter 2009.
September 16, 2010
Consumer Price Inflation down at 1.7 % in August 2010; HICP 1.6 %
August inflation down to the lowest rate since February
September 15, 2010
Construction cost index up 3.4% y/y
Today, Statistik Austria announced that construction prices rose 3.4 percent compared to August 2009.
September 15, 2010
First half-year 2010: trade volume of more than 50 bn euro in both trade flows
Austrian imports increased by 12.3% and Austrian exports rose by 12.5% compared to the same period in 2009.
September 7, 2010
Wholesale price index in August up 5.6%
Wholesale price index in August 2010: +5.6% against August 2009
September 7, 2010
Turnover in Services Sector increased by 1.9% in the first half of 2010
Based on results for the first half of 2010, turnover of Austrian services enterprises at nominal values rose by 1.9% compared to the first half year 2009.
September 6, 2010
Registration numbers of new passenger cars are up
Provisional number of new passenger car registrations in August 2010: +10.4%.
September 1, 2010
Economy shrank by 3.9 percent in 2009
The Austrian economy has shrunk even more in 2009 than previously expected.
July 16, 2010
Foreign Trade Deficit, despite growth
Statistik Austria has published Austria’s trade balance. There are, increases in imports and exports.
July 12, 2010
Unemployment significantly declines
For the first time since the beginning of the crisis the number of unemployed and trainees decreases significantly.
July 1, 2010