Economic Environment for Austria Remains Difficult. Business Cycle Report of November 2015

According to WIFO's Business Cycle Survey, business sentiment in Austria has improved further, but still does not hint to a marked upswing. Consumption has remained sluggish, whereas investment demand has picked up recently. The Austrian economy is faced with contradictory stimuli from abroad: economic slack in key emerging market economies is exerting a dampening effect, while exports to the USA are growing vigorously. In the EU as a whole and the euro area, demand for Austrian products is growing only tepidly.