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Statistics Austria: January to December 2015: increase in imports (2.4%) and exports (2.7%)
In the period January to December 2015, total imports amounted to €133.00 bn and total exports amounted to €131.55 bn, according to preliminary results by Statistics Austria. Compared to the same period in 2014, Austrian imports increased by 2.4% while Austrian exports rose by 2.7%. The global foreign trade balance showed a deficit of €1.45 bn.
Call for applications: Pre Doc "International Economics" at WIFO
The Competence Centre “Research Centre International Economics” (FIW – Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft) is inviting applications for a Pre Doc position in the field of International Economics.[more]
Update FIW Statistics
We updated the FIW-Statistics. The "Current FIW-Statistics on International Trade" offer a clear and graphical overview on key data and indices reflecting current international developments on international trade.
wiiw ranked No. 5 of the world's top international economics think tanks
The latest 'Global Go To' ranking places wiiw in the top of the world's international economics think tanks. The Global Go To Think Tank Index Report is the result of an international survey of over 7,500 scholars, public and private donors, policy makers, and journalists who helped rank more than 6,600 think tanks using a set of 28 criteria developed by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP). During the last years, wiiw climbed from rank 17 in 2012 to 14 in 2013 to 12 in 2014 - and reaches its highest position in the latest ranking as No. 5.
Statistics Austria:January to November 2015: increase in imports (1.9%) and exports (2.4%)
In the period January to November 2015 total imports amounted to €122.17 bn and total exports amounted to €121.14 bn, according to preliminary results by Statistics Austria. Compared to the same period in 2014 Austrian imports increased by 1.9% while Austrian exports rose by 2.4%. The global foreign trade balance showed a deficit of €1.03 bn.
Statistics Austria: January to March 2016: increase in imports (0.2%) and exports (0.6%)
In the period January to March 2016, total imports amounted to €33.20 bn and total exports amounted to €32.09 bn, according to preliminary results by Statistics Austria. Compared to the same period in 2015, Austrian imports increased by 0.2% while Austrian exports rose by 0.6%. The global foreign trade balance showed a deficit of €1.11 bn.
New FIW-Working Paper published
The FIW-Working Papers No. 162, No. 163, No. 164 and No. 165 have been published and are now available online for free.
FIW Workshop "Trade, Migration and Labor Market Outcomes"
FIW and WIFO would like to invite you to the 19th FIW Workshop "Trade, Migration and Labor Market Outcomes", taking place on the 25th of February at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Arsenal Object 20, 1030 Vienna. We kindly ask for registration until the 18th of February. Entrance is free.
Statistics Austria: January to October 2015: increase in imports (1.4%) and exports (2.1%)
According to preliminary results by Statistics Austria, total imports amounted to €110.61 bn and total exports amounted to €109.16 bn in the period January to October 2015. Austrian imports increased by 1.4% while Austrian exports rose by 2.1% compared to the same period in 2014. The global foreign trade balance showed a deficit of €1.45 bn.
Statistics Austria: Regional foreign trade first half 2015: Salzburg and Upper Austria with highest increases in exports
According to preliminary results by Statistics Austria for the first half year 2015, the federal states Salzburg (+8.2%, +0.33 bn. €) and Upper Austria (+6.8%, +1.08 bn. €) registered the highest increases in exports, both in absolute and relative terms. In addition, also Carinthia (+6.6%, +0.21 bn. €) and Vorarlberg (+5.6%, +0.24 bn. €) recorded higher exports. Only the two federal states Vienna (-10.8%, -1.03 bn. €) and Styria (-0.4%, -0.04 bn. €) registered decreases.