Estimates based on the data of the WIFO Investment Survey show an overall expansion of investment by 5.0 percent in 2019 compared to 2018. Small and medium-sized enterprises raise their investments more strongly than large enterprises. Particularly manufacturers of durable consumer goods and intermediates will increase their investments this year. Investments by manufacturers of non-durable consumer goods and motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers are projected to decline. For Austria's economy as a whole, WIFO forecasts an increase in gross fixed capital formation of 2.4 percent in real terms in 2019.