09.10.2020

WIFO and IHS Present Economic Outlooks for 2020 and 2021

Press Conference: Recording and Photos
The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) and the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) presented their economic outlooks for 2020 and 2021 in a digital press conference on Friday, 9 October 2020 at 10:30 a.m. Video recording and press photos are available here.

Please find the full article here.

Due to the measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, on-site participation was strictly limited. Media representatives were therefore invited to follow the press conference digitally on WIFO.tv and to ask their questions via the chat function.

A recording of the press conference can be viewed here and downloaded here.

Press photos can be downloaded here (for free use, please mention © WIFO/Johannes Brunnbauer).

Your discussion partners were:

  • em.o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Christoph Badelt (Director of WIFO)
  • Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Martin Kocher (Director of IHS)
  • Stefan Schiman, MSc (WIFO)
  • Dr. Helmut Hofer (IHS)

Date: 9 October 2020
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Link: WIFO.tv

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