Austria: Economic and Financial Data

The data shown in this page correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). For a fuller explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which Austria has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.

Real Sector
Fiscal Sector
Financial Sector
External Sector
Socio-Demographic Data


Data are not seasonally adjusted unless otherwise indicated.
Date of last update: May/23/12


Real Sector
 
SDDS Data Category and Component Unit Description Latest
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National Accounts (ESA 95)
 
GDP at current prices, by expenditure approach EUR billion Q1/12 73.91 p 76.66 r 71.31 3.6 WIFO   OeNB
Final consumption expenditure by private households (incl. NPISH) EUR billion Q1/12 39.20 p 41.64 r 37.66 4.1 WIFO   OeNB
Final consumption expenditure by general government EUR billion Q1/12 14.14 p 14.74 r 13.71 3.1 WIFO   OeNB
Gross fixed capital formation EUR billion Q1/12 14.96 p 17.17 r 14.38 4.0 WIFO   OeNB
Changes in inventories EUR billion Q1/12 -0.37 p 0.03 r 0.67 x WIFO   OeNB
Acquistion less disposals of valuables EUR billion Q1/12 0.33 p 0.80 r 0.39 x WIFO   OeNB
Errors and omissions EUR billion Q1/12 0.24 p -0.12 r -0.03 x WIFO   OeNB
Imports of goods and services EUR billion Q1/12 39.96 p 41.24 r 38.82 2.9 WIFO   OeNB
Exports of goods and services EUR billion Q1/12 45.37 p 43.64 r 43.34 4.7 WIFO   OeNB
GDP, chained prices, reference year 2005 EUR billion Q1/12 66.00 p 69.64 r 64.78 1.9 WIFO   OeNB
Final consumption expenditure by private households (incl. NPISH) EUR billion Q1/12 34.08 p 36.67 r 33.67 1.2 WIFO   OeNB
Final consumption expenditure by general government EUR billion Q1/12 12.14 p 12.90 r 12.00 1.2 WIFO   OeNB
Gross fixed capital formation EUR billion Q1/12 12.78 p 14.66 r 12.47 2.5 WIFO   OeNB
Changes in inventories EUR billion Q1/12 x p x r x x WIFO   OeNB
Acquistion less disposals of valuables EUR billion Q1/12 0.00 p 0.00 r 0.00 x WIFO   OeNB
Errors and omissions EUR billion Q1/12 x p x r x x WIFO   OeNB
Imports of goods and services EUR billion Q1/12 33.93 p 35.17 r 33.67 0.8 WIFO   OeNB
Exports of goods and services EUR billion Q1/12 40.72 p 39.72 r 39.88 2.1 WIFO   OeNB
Production Index2) 2005=100 Feb/12 99.0 p 94.9 r 100.2 -1.2 Statistics Austria   OeNB
Employment3) in 1,000 Apr/12 3,430.8 p 3,433.7 f 3,379.1 1.5 HSV   OeNB
Unemployment4) in 1,000 Apr/12 251.8 p 263.8 f 236.3 6.6 AMS   OeNB
Wages and Earnings 2006=100 Apr/12 116.4 p 116.1 f 112.7 3.3 Statistics Austria   OeNB
Consumer Prices 2010=100 Apr/12 105.8 p 105.4 f 103.4 2.3 Statistics Austria   OeNB
Wholesale Prices 2010=100 Apr/12 111.5 p 111.6 f 109.6 1.7 Statistics Austria   OeNB
Producer Prices5) 2010=100 Mar/12 105.1 p 105.1 p 103.6 1.4 Statistics Austria   OeNB


Fiscal Sector
 
SDDS Data Category and Component Unit Description Latest
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General Government Operations
 
Revenue EUR billion 2011 144.256 p 137.771 f 137.771 4.7 Statistics Austria  
Expenditure EUR billion 2011 152.040 p 150.588 f 150.588 1.0 Statistics Austria  
Balance (deficit - / surplus +) EUR billion 2011 -7.784 p -12.817 f -12.817 -39.3 Statistics Austria  
Financing6) EUR billion 2010 14.748 p 8.601 f 8.601 71.5
Domestic EUR billion 2010 6.456 p 6.572 f 6.572 -1.8
of which bank EUR billion 2010 5.653 p 7.217 f 7.217 -21.7
of which non-bank7) EUR billion 2010 0.803 p -0.645 f -0.645 x
External EUR billion 2010 8.292 p 2.029 f 2.029 308.7
Central Government Operations8)
 
Revenue EUR billion Mar/12 3.854 p 6.521 f 3.659 5.3 BMF   OeNB
Expenditure EUR billion Mar/12 6.506 p 5.654 f 6.246 4.2 BMF   OeNB
Balance (deficit - / surplus +) EUR billion Mar/12 -2.652 p 0.866 f -2.587 2.5 BMF   OeNB
Financing expenditure EUR billion Mar/12 3.393 p 2.946 f 1.915 77.2 BMF   OeNB
Financing receipts EUR billion Mar/12 2.578 p 1.261 f 5.237 -50.8 BMF   OeNB
Financing balance (deficit - / surplus +) EUR billion Mar/12 -0.816 p -1.686 f 3.322 x ÖBFA  
of which EUR EUR billion Mar/12 -0.960 p -0.871 f 1.145 x ÖBFA  
of which foreign currency EUR billion Mar/12 0.144 p -0.814 f 2.177 -93.4 ÖBFA  
of which short term EUR billion Mar/12 -0.609 p -0.826 f 2.249 x ÖBFA  
of which long term EUR billion Mar/12 -0.206 p -0.860 f 1.073 x ÖBFA  
Central Government Debt
 
Total debt EUR billion Apr/12 187.066 f 185.589 f 176.296 6.1 ÖBFA   OeNB
of which short term EUR billion Apr/12 13.625 f 13.211 f 8.696 56.7 ÖBFA   OeNB
of which medium term EUR billion Apr/12 67.597 f 67.320 f 58.180 16.2 ÖBFA   OeNB
of which long term EUR billion Apr/12 105.843 f 105.059 f 109.419 -3.3 ÖBFA   OeNB
foreign currency EUR billion Apr/12 0.534 f 0.728 f 2.747 -80.6 ÖBFA   OeNB
of which USD EUR billion Apr/12 0.000 f 0.000 f 0.000 x ÖBFA   OeNB
of which JPY EUR billion Apr/12 0.163 f 0.274 f 0.556 -70.7 ÖBFA   OeNB
of which CHF EUR billion Apr/12 0.371 f 0.453 f 2.191 -83.1 ÖBFA   OeNB
domestic currency EUR billion Apr/12 186.531 f 184.862 f 173.549 7.5 ÖBFA   OeNB
Guarantees EUR billion Q1/12 45.256 f 45.179 f 46.524 -2.7 BMF  


Financial Sector
 
SDDS Data Category and Component Unit Description Latest
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Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector
 
National contribution to euro area M39) EUR billion Mar/12 271.07 f 267.74 f 257.53 5.3 OeNB
Domestic credit to general government EUR billion Mar/12 30.43 f 30.34 f 28.67 6.1 OeNB
Domestic credit to the nongovernment sector10) EUR billion Mar/12 344.69 f 343.65 f 335.51 2.7 OeNB
External Assets outside euro area EUR billion Mar/12 196.79 f 198.62 f 199.79 -1.5 OeNB
External Liabilities outside euro area EUR billion Mar/12 125.19 f 126.18 f 121.99 2.6 OeNB
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
 
Credit to general government (euro area) EUR billion Apr/12 0.42 f 0.42 f 0.42 0.0 OeNB
Credit to the non-government sector (euro area)11) EUR billion Apr/12 20.13 f 20.59 f 6.85 193.9 OeNB
Gross foreign assets (outside euro area) EUR billion Apr/12 22.27 f 22.20 f 19.63 13.4 OeNB
Gross foreign liabilities (outside euro area) EUR billion Apr/12 2.04 f 2.02 f 1.90 7.4 OeNB
Banknotes in circulation12) EUR billion Apr/12 22.31 f 22.21 f 21.30 4.7 OeNB
Deposits of euro area residents13) EUR billion Apr/12 63.55 f 64.16 f 40.79 55.8 OeNB
Interest rates14)15)
 
Main refinancing rate percent May/23/12-May/30/12 1.00 f 1.00 f x x OeNB
ECB deposit facility rate percent Dec/14/11 0.25 f 0.50 f x x OeNB
ECB marginal lending facility rate percent Dec/14/11 1.75 f 2.00 f x x OeNB
Austrian government bond yields (benchmark) percent May/22/12 2.50 f 2.54 f 3.52 x OeNB
Stock Market Index
 
Financial soundness indicators (link to IMF)
 
Austrian Traded Index (ATX)16) January 2, 1991 = 100 May/22/12 1,968.79 f 1,913.00 f 2,767.77 -28.87 Wiener Börse AG   OeNB


External Sector
 
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Balance of Payments
 
Current account balance EUR million Q4/11 2,140 p -58 p 3,163 x OeNB
Exports of goods EUR million Q4/11 31,579 p 31,325 p 30,313 4.2 OeNB
Imports of goods EUR million Q4/11 33,521 p 33,313 p 31,122 7.7 OeNB
Exports of services EUR million Q4/11 11,420 p 11,226 p 10,272 11.2 OeNB
Imports of services EUR million Q4/11 7,639 p 8,996 p 6,823 12.0 OeNB
Income, credit EUR million Q4/11 7,206 p 6,923 p 8,000 -9.9 OeNB
Income, debit EUR million Q4/11 6,957 p 6,599 p 7,669 -9.3 OeNB
Current transfers, credit EUR million Q4/11 1,651 p 648 p 1,625 1.6 OeNB
Current transfers, debit EUR million Q4/11 1,601 p 1,272 p 1,431 11.9 OeNB
Capital account, net EUR million Q4/11 -99 p -107 p -88 x OeNB
Capital account, credit EUR million Q4/11 116 p 91 p 108 7.4 OeNB
Capital account, debit EUR million Q4/11 215 p 198 p 196 9.7 OeNB
Financial account, net EUR million Q4/11 -2,193 p 3,415 p -11 x OeNB
Direct investment abroad EUR million Q4/11 -5,416 p -7,136 p 20,877 x OeNB
Direct investment in Austria EUR million Q4/11 1,084 p 670 p -24,350 x OeNB
Portfolio investment assets EUR million Q4/11 3,905 p 4,148 p 141 x OeNB
Portfolio investment liabilities EUR million Q4/11 -4,461 p 4,348 p -827 x OeNB
Other investment assets EUR million Q4/11 3,809 p -199 p 19,044 x OeNB
Other investment liabilities EUR million Q4/11 -734 p 1,853 p -14,342 x OeNB
Reserve Assets EUR million Q4/11 40 p -57 p -238 x OeNB
Errors and omissions EUR million Q4/11 152 p -3,250 p -3,065 x OeNB
International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
 
Data Template on International Reserves EUR million Apr/12        
Official reserve assets of the OeNB EUR million Apr/12 19,992 f 19,800 f 16,770 19.2 OeNB
of which foreign currency reserves EUR million Apr/12 5,499 f 5,584 f 4,769 15.3 OeNB
of which IMF reserve position EUR million Apr/12 1,203 f 1,065 f 866 38.9 OeNB
of which SDRs EUR million Apr/12 1,978 f 1,962 f 1,847 7.1 OeNB
of which gold EUR million Apr/12 11,312 f 11,194 f 9,287 21.8 OeNB
of which other reserve assets EUR million Apr/12 -2 f -4 f 1 x OeNB
Merchandise Trade17)
 
Total exports, fob EUR million Feb/12 10,158 p 9,348 r 9,811 3.5 Statistics Austria   OeNB
Total imports, cif EUR million Feb/12 10,696 p 10,162 r 10,434 2.5 Statistics Austria   OeNB
International Investment Position
 
Total assets EUR billion 2010 779.1 r 766.0 f 766.0 1.7 OeNB
Foreign direct investment EUR billion 2010 205.8 r 201.5 f 201.5 2.1 OeNB
Portfolio investment EUR billion 2010 264.6 r 248.6 f 248.6 6.4 OeNB
of which equity EUR billion 2010 64.8 r 51.5 f 51.5 25.8 OeNB
of which bonds and notes EUR billion 2010 197.9 r 194.5 f 194.5 1.7 OeNB
Other investment EUR billion 2010 281.4 r 292.0 f 292.0 -3.6 OeNB
Reserve Assets EUR billion 2010 16.7 r 12.5 f 12.5 33.6 OeNB
Total liabilities EUR billion 2010 807.2 r 788.0 f 788.0 2.4 OeNB
Foreign direct investment EUR billion 2010 204.5 r 207.3 f 207.3 -1.4 OeNB
Portfolio investment EUR billion 2010 378.1 r 360.3 f 360.3 4.9 OeNB
of which equity EUR billion 2010 46.9 r 41.9 f 41.9 11.9 OeNB
of which bonds and notes EUR billion 2010 319.4 r 306.1 f 306.1 4.3 OeNB
Other investment EUR billion 2010 216.6 r 213.2 f 213.2 1.6 OeNB
External debt
 
Gross external debt EUR billion Q4/11 606.672 p 627.972 r 597.386 1.6 OeNB
Exchange rates
 
USD for 1 EUR May/23/12 1.2659 f 1.2768 f 1.4020 -9.71 OeNB
CHF for 1 EUR May/23/12 1.2011 f 1.2011 f 1.2380 -2.98 OeNB
GBP for 1 EUR May/23/12 0.80440 f 0.80870 f 0.86975 -7.51 OeNB
ATS18) for 1 EUR 13.7603 f x x x OeNB


Socio-Demographic Data
 
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Population in 1,000 2011 8,421 p 8,388 f 8,388 0.4 Statistics Austria  


Footnotes

1) Observation status (p = provisional, r = revised, f = final). back to table

2) Austria is taking a flexibility option with respect to the timeliness of the production index. back to table

3) Employees only. Figure given is the number of contracts, rather than the number of persons employed. back to table

4) Number of job seekers, registered at local unemployment offices. back to table

5) The producer price data is disseminated 50 days after the end of the reference month. back to table

6) According to ESA95 (not corresponding to EDP-procedures). back to table

7) Consolidated (excluding intergovernmental financing). back to table

8) Based on new budget rules (neues Haushaltsrecht) applicable from 2009. As a result, annual and monthly data for 2009 are not comparable with 2008 data. back to table

9) Without banknotes in circulation. back to table

10) Includes "Credit to nonfinancial public enterprises". back to table

11) Includes "Credit to nonfinancial public enterprises and credit to MFIs". back to table

12) According to the banknote allocation key laid down in the accounting regime of the Eurosystem for banknotes in circulation, a share of 8% of the total value of euro banknotes in circulation is allocated to the ECB. The counterpart entry consists of an intra-Eurosystem liability. The remaining 92% of the value of euro banknotes in circulation are allocated to the NCBs of the Eurosystem on a monthly basis in proportion to the respective NCB's share in the subscribed capital key. The differential between the banknotes in circulation reallocated according to the NCB's share in the ECB's capital and the banknotes actually put into circulation is also shown as an intra-Eurosystem liability or claim. back to table

13) Deposits from residents of the euro area and not Austria alone. back to table

14) Data on the prescribed component of short-term government securities are not disseminated as they are relatively insignificant and are traded only occasionally. back to table

15) Daily data on interest rates are published by the ECB. back to table

16) Data on the daily Austrian Traded Index (ATX) are disseminated in the Official Price List of the Vienna Stock Exchange every day and are also disseminated the same day on the Internet. back to table

17) Austria is taking a flexibility option with respect to the timeliness of merchandise trade. back to table

18) Irrevocably fixed conversion rate. back to table

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