Austria: Economic and Financial Data

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Data are not seasonally adjusted unless otherwise indicated.
Date of last update: Mar/14/10

Real Sector
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Latest period	Latest data	status1)	Previous period	status1)	Previous year	%-change p.a.	More Info
National Accounts (ESA 95)
GDP at current prices, by expenditure approach	EUR billion	Q4/09	71.40	p	70.00	r	71.20	0.3	WIFO   OeNB
Final consumption expenditure by private households (incl. NPISH)	EUR billion	Q4/09	40.50	p	38.00	r	39.00	3.8	WIFO   OeNB
Final consumption expenditure by general government	EUR billion	Q4/09	13.90	p	13.60	r	13.40	3.7	WIFO   OeNB
Gross fixed capital formation	EUR billion	Q4/09	15.20	p	15.40	r	16.00	-5.0	WIFO   OeNB
Changes in inventories	EUR billion	Q4/09	-1.60	p	0.60	r	-1.20	x	WIFO   OeNB
Acquistion less disposals of valuables	EUR billion	Q4/09	0.20	p	0.20	r	0.60	x	WIFO   OeNB
Errors and omissions	EUR billion	Q4/09	-0.10	p	0.30	r	-0.10	x	WIFO   OeNB
Imports of goods and services	EUR billion	Q4/09	33.50	p	31.80	r	36.60	-8.5	WIFO   OeNB
Exports of goods and services	EUR billion	Q4/09	36.80	p	33.80	r	40.10	-8.2	WIFO   OeNB
GDP, chained prices, reference year 2005	EUR billion	Q4/09	66.60	p	65.10	r	67.60	-1.5	WIFO   OeNB
Final consumption expenditure by private households (incl. NPISH)	EUR billion	Q4/09	37.10	p	34.90	r	36.20	2.5	WIFO   OeNB
Final consumption expenditure by general government	EUR billion	Q4/09	12.50	p	12.10	r	12.40	0.8	WIFO   OeNB
Gross fixed capital formation	EUR billion	Q4/09	13.70	p	13.90	r	14.60	-6.2	WIFO   OeNB
Changes in inventories	EUR billion	Q4/09	x	p	x	r	x	x	WIFO   OeNB
Acquistion less disposals of valuables	EUR billion	Q4/09	0.00	p	0.00	r	0.00	x	WIFO   OeNB
Errors and omissions	EUR billion	Q4/09	x	p	x	r	x	x	WIFO   OeNB
Imports of goods and services	EUR billion	Q4/09	32.00	p	30.10	r	33.90	-5.6	WIFO   OeNB
Exports of goods and services	EUR billion	Q4/09	35.20	p	32.10	r	37.70	-6.6	WIFO   OeNB
Production Index2)	2005=100	Dec/09	108.9	p	115.0	r	112.9	-3.5	Statistics Austria   OeNB
Employment3)	in 1,000	Feb/10	3,315.2	p	3,296.5	f	3,339.0	-0.7	HSV   OeNB
Unemployment4)	in 1,000	Feb/10	312.9	p	323.7	f	301.7	3.7	AMS   OeNB
Wages and Earnings	2006=100	Jan/10	110.4	p	109.6	f	108.5	1.8	Statistics Austria   OeNB
Consumer Prices	2005=100	Jan/10	107.9	p	108.2	f	106.6	1.2	Statistics Austria   OeNB
Wholesale Prices	2005=100	Feb/10	107.3	p	106.9	f	106.0	1.2	Statistics Austria   OeNB
Producer Prices5)	2005=100	Dec/09	106.3	p	106.3	p	107.4	-1.0	Statistics Austria   OeNB

Fiscal Sector
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Latest period	Latest data	status1)	Previous period	status1)	Previous year	%-change p.a.	More Info
General Government Operations
Revenue	EUR billion	2008	0.136	p	0.130	f	0.130	4.6	Statistics Austria
Expenditure	EUR billion	2008	0.137	p	0.132	f	0.132	3.8	Statistics Austria
Balance (deficit - / surplus +)	EUR billion	2008	-1.301	p	-1.800	f	-1.800	-27.7	Statistics Austria
Financing6)	EUR billion	2008	12.639	p	3.302	f	3.302	282.8
Domestic	EUR billion	2008	0.928	p	-5.298	f	-5.298	x
of which bank	EUR billion	2008	-1.003	p	-2.695	f	-2.695	-62.8
of which non-bank7)	EUR billion	2008	1.932	p	-2.604	f	-2.604	x
External	EUR billion	2008	11.711	p	8.600	f	8.600	36.2
Central Government Operations8)
Revenue	EUR billion	Jan/10	3.050	p	11.152	f	2.421	26.0	BMF   OeNB
Expenditure	EUR billion	Jan/10	7.120	p	6.146	f	6.802	4.7	BMF   OeNB
Balance (deficit - / surplus +)	EUR billion	Jan/10	-4.070	p	5.006	f	-4.381	-7.1	BMF   OeNB
Financing expenditure	EUR billion	Jan/10	10.493	p	2.539	f	1.041	908.0	BMF   OeNB
Financing receipts	EUR billion	Jan/10	11.972	p	0.210	f	5.450	119.7	BMF   OeNB
Financing balance (deficit - / surplus +)	EUR billion	Jan/10	1.478	p	-2.329	f	4.409	-66.5	ÖBFA
of which EUR	EUR billion	Jan/10	1.005	p	-2.329	f	4.149	-75.8	ÖBFA
of which foreign currency	EUR billion	Jan/10	0.473	p	0.000	f	0.259	82.6	ÖBFA
of which short term	EUR billion	Jan/10	4.038	p	-0.124	f	1.019	296.3	ÖBFA
of which long term	EUR billion	Jan/10	-2.560	p	-2.205	f	3.390	x	ÖBFA
Central Government Debt
Total debt	EUR billion	Jan/10	165.406	f	168.715	f	165.063	0.2	ÖBFA   OeNB
of which short term	EUR billion	Jan/10	14.932	f	14.874	f	29.149	-48.8	ÖBFA   OeNB
of which medium term	EUR billion	Jan/10	50.824	f	57.617	f	40.820	24.5	ÖBFA   OeNB
of which long term	EUR billion	Jan/10	99.650	f	96.225	f	95.095	4.8	ÖBFA   OeNB
foreign currency	EUR billion	Jan/10	4.274	f	5.092	f	8.099	-47.2	ÖBFA   OeNB
of which USD	EUR billion	Jan/10	0.000	f	0.000	f	0.000	x	ÖBFA   OeNB
of which JPY	EUR billion	Jan/10	1.562	f	2.159	f	3.559	-56.1	ÖBFA   OeNB
of which CHF	EUR billion	Jan/10	2.712	f	2.933	f	4.540	-40.3	ÖBFA   OeNB
domestic currency	EUR billion	Jan/10	161.132	f	163.623	f	156.965	2.7	ÖBFA   OeNB
Guarantees	EUR billion	Q4/09	51.286	f	49.721	f	29.817	72.0	BMF

Financial Sector
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Latest period	Latest data	status1)	Previous period	status1)	Previous year	%-change p.a.	More Info
Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector
National contribution to euro area M39)	EUR billion	Jan/10	243.83	f	245.83	f	256.44	-4.9	OeNB
Domestic credit to general government	EUR billion	Jan/10	26.95	f	27.09	f	26.74	0.8	OeNB
Domestic credit to the nongovernment sector10)	EUR billion	Jan/10	324.13	f	323.76	f	326.39	-0.7	OeNB
External Assets outside euro area	EUR billion	Jan/10	199.09	f	198.95	f	227.33	-12.4	OeNB
External Liabilities outside euro area	EUR billion	Jan/10	129.59	f	128.03	f	144.15	-10.1	OeNB
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
Credit to general government (euro area)	EUR billion	Feb/10	0.43	f	0.43	f	0.43	0.0	OeNB
Credit to the non-government sector (euro area)11)	EUR billion	Feb/10	20.68	f	20.70	f	24.29	-14.9	OeNB
Gross foreign assets (outside euro area)	EUR billion	Feb/10	15.16	f	14.62	f	14.34	5.7	OeNB
Gross foreign liabilities (outside euro area)	EUR billion	Feb/10	1.97	f	1.94	f	0.21	838.1	OeNB
Banknotes in circulation12)	EUR billion	Feb/10	20.07	f	20.05	f	18.99	5.7	OeNB
Deposits of euro area residents13)	EUR billion	Feb/10	38.13	f	36.29	f	34.90	9.3	OeNB
Interest rates14)15)
Main refinancing rate	percent	Mar/10/10-Mar/17/10	1.00	f	1.00	f	x	x	OeNB
ECB deposit facility rate	percent	May/13/09	0.25	f	0.25	f	x	x	OeNB
ECB marginal lending facility rate	percent	May/13/09	1.75	f	2.25	f	x	x	OeNB
Austrian government bond yields (benchmark)	percent	Mar/11/10	3.05	f	3.07	f	4.12	x	OeNB
Stock Market Index
Austrian Traded Index (ATX)16)	January 2, 1991 = 100	Mar/11/10	2,518.32	f	2,517.37	f	1,450.07	73.67	Wiener Börse AG   OeNB

External Sector
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Latest period	Latest data	status1)	Previous period	status1)	Previous year	%-change p.a.	More Info
Balance of Payments
Current account balance	EUR million	Q3/09	86	p	-48	p	1,189	x	OeNB
Exports of goods	EUR million	Q3/09	23,973	p	23,607	p	30,111	-20.4	OeNB
Imports of goods	EUR million	Q3/09	24,650	p	24,022	p	30,190	-18.4	OeNB
Exports of services	EUR million	Q3/09	9,500	p	8,070	p	10,506	-9.6	OeNB
Imports of services	EUR million	Q3/09	7,821	p	6,622	p	8,441	-7.3	OeNB
Income, credit	EUR million	Q3/09	5,632	p	6,254	p	7,448	-24.4	OeNB
Income, debit	EUR million	Q3/09	5,932	p	6,912	p	7,741	-23.4	OeNB
Current transfers, credit	EUR million	Q3/09	516	p	751	p	641	-19.5	OeNB
Current transfers, debit	EUR million	Q3/09	1,132	p	1,174	p	1,145	-1.1	OeNB
Capital account, net	EUR million	Q3/09	-18	p	3	p	-1	x	OeNB
Capital account, credit	EUR million	Q3/09	95	p	140	p	129	-26.4	OeNB
Capital account, debit	EUR million	Q3/09	113	p	137	p	130	-13.1	OeNB
Financial account, net	EUR million	Q3/09	-3,260	p	759	p	1,032	x	OeNB
Direct investment abroad	EUR million	Q3/09	-2,584	p	2,153	p	-4,717	x	OeNB
Direct investment in Austria	EUR million	Q3/09	2,192	p	1,070	p	1,223	x	OeNB
Portfolio investment assets	EUR million	Q3/09	-2,677	p	-106	p	1,036	x	OeNB
Portfolio investment liabilities	EUR million	Q3/09	-3,812	p	5,174	p	415	x	OeNB
Other investment assets	EUR million	Q3/09	1,911	p	1,250	p	4,075	x	OeNB
Other investment liabilities	EUR million	Q3/09	453	p	-8,627	p	-629	x	OeNB
Reserve Assets	EUR million	Q3/09	90	p	356	p	480	x	OeNB
Errors and omissions	EUR million	Q3/09	3,191	p	-714	p	-2,221	x	OeNB
International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Data Template on International Reserves	EUR million	Jan/10
Official reserve assets of the OeNB	EUR million	Feb/10	13,223	f	12,773	f	12,539	5.5	OeNB
of which foreign currency reserves	EUR million	Feb/10	3,461	f	3,425	f	5,301	-34.7	OeNB
of which IMF reserve position	EUR million	Feb/10	424	f	418	f	273	55.3	OeNB
of which SDRs	EUR million	Feb/10	1,977	f	1,948	f	231	755.8	OeNB
of which gold	EUR million	Feb/10	7,360	f	6,981	f	6,706	9.8	OeNB
of which other reserve assets	EUR million	Feb/10	1	f	1	f	28	x	OeNB
Merchandise Trade17)
Total exports, fob	EUR million	Dec/09	7,519	p	8,748	r	7,660	-1.8	Statistics Austria   OeNB
Total imports, cif	EUR million	Dec/09	8,266	p	8,647	r	8,582	-3.7	Statistics Austria   OeNB
International Investment Position
Total assets	EUR billion	2008	767.2	r	742.3	f	742.3	3.4	OeNB
Foreign direct investment	EUR billion	2008	205.5	r	183.9	f	183.9	11.7	OeNB
Portfolio investment	EUR billion	2008	230.9	r	274.7	f	274.7	-15.9	OeNB
of which equity	EUR billion	2008	39.2	r	68.1	f	68.1	-42.4	OeNB
of which bonds and notes	EUR billion	2008	188.7	r	202.5	f	202.5	-6.8	OeNB
Other investment	EUR billion	2008	304.1	r	262.0	f	262.0	16.1	OeNB
Reserve Assets	EUR billion	2008	12.0	r	12.4	f	12.4	-3.2	OeNB
Total liabilities	EUR billion	2008	809.9	r	791.9	f	791.9	2.3	OeNB
Foreign direct investment	EUR billion	2008	200.5	r	192.9	f	192.9	3.9	OeNB
Portfolio investment	EUR billion	2008	357.9	r	363.6	f	363.6	-1.6	OeNB
of which equity	EUR billion	2008	33.6	r	71.4	f	71.4	-52.9	OeNB
of which bonds and notes	EUR billion	2008	301.3	r	277.8	f	277.8	8.5	OeNB
Other investment	EUR billion	2008	240.5	r	225.6	f	225.6	6.6	OeNB
External debt
Gross external debt	EUR billion	Q3/09	593.545	p	590.098	r	604.386	-1.8	OeNB
Exchange rates
USD	for 1 EUR	Mar/12/10	1.3765	f	1.3657	f	1.2782	7.69	OeNB
CHF	for 1 EUR	Mar/12/10	1.4597	f	1.4622	f	1.5225	-4.12	OeNB
GBP	for 1 EUR	Mar/12/10	0.90830	f	0.90860	f	0.93080	-2.42	OeNB
ATS18)	for 1 EUR		13.7603	f	x		x	x	OeNB

Socio-Demographic Data
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Latest period	Latest data	status1)	Previous period	status1)	Previous year	%-change p.a.	More Info
Population	in 1,000	2008	8,337	p	8,301	f	8,301	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