Business Cycles and Forecasting

Quarterly National Accounts

WIFO has been calculating the Flash Estimates of the Quarterly National Accounts for Austria on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Finance for many years. They are published 30 days after the end of a quarter; these data are already transmitted to Eurostat, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Statistics Austria and the Federal Ministry of Finance the day before. 60 days after the end of a quarter, the results of the more comprehensive regular Quarterly National Accounts are published by Statistics Austria.

Regional Accounts

Twice a year, WIFO calculates Flash Estimates concerning the development of the federal provinces' real gross value added on behalf of the City of Vienna. In December estimates are made for the first half of the year, in May for the past year. Statistics Austria publishes more detailed annual data for the past year in December.

Methods and quality evaluation