DATA - Key economic indicators for Austria

Key economic indicators for Austria
	2023	2024	2025	Q1 26	Q2 26	Q3 26	July 26	Aug. 26	Sep. 26
Real economy
Forecast of key economic indicators for Austria

Economic activity
Annual change in % according to national accounts
Gross domestic product	−0.7	−0.3	0.7	1.3	0.6	x	x	x	x
Private consumption	−0.1	1.3	0.5	0.9	0.3	x	x	x	x
Government consumption	0.2	3.8	2.0	2.0	0.6	x	x	x	x
Gross fixed capital formation	−1.7	−2.4	1.4	2.2	1.0	x	x	x	x
Total exports	−0.4	−1.9	1.3	1.3	2.3	x	x	x	x
Total imports	−4.2	−2.5	2.8	2.1	1.9	x	x	x	x
Other economic indicators
Industrial production	0.0	−4.2	1.4	x	x	x	−0.9	−0.1	x
Retail sales	−3.5	0.5	0.8	x	x	x	2.2	−0.5	x
Contribution to value added according to national accounts
Industrial production (NACE B-E)	7.6	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Private services (NACE G-N)	6.9	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
in % of GDP
Current account balance	1.5	2.8	2.5	2.2	2.1	x	x	x	x
Prices
Annual change in %
HICP	7.7	2.9	3.6	x	x	x	2.7	2.9	3.6
Core inflation	7.8	3.8	3.2	x	x	x	x	x	x
Residential property prices	−1.6	−2.1	1.0	2.4	3.6	x	x	x	x
Producer prices	1.8	−3.6	−0.8	x	x	x	3.2	4.7	x
Wholesale prices	−1.8	−1.0	0.2	x	x	x	6.9	8.2	10.2
US Dollar/Barrel
Oil price Brent	82.1	79.7	68.0	x	x	x	82.9	86.8	101.3
Saving
in % of disposable income
Net savings ratio	8.9	11.5	9.7	x	x	x	x	x	x
Labor market
Annual change in %
Persons employed	1.1	0.1	0.1	x	x	x	0.1	0.3	0.2
Job vacancies	−13.6	−16.4	−13.1	x	x	x	−3.0	−1.3	−0.5
in % of labor supply
Unemployment rate ( Eurostat definition)	5.1	5.2	5.7	5.8	5.9	x	6.2	6.7	x
Umemployment rate (national definition)	6.4	7.0	7.4	8.2	7.1	7.1	6.9	7.2	7.1
Budget and debt
in % of GDP
General government surplus/deficit (Maastricht)	−2.6	−4.6	−4.1	x	x	x	x	x	x
General government debt	77.4	79.0	80.7	x	x	x	x	x	x
in % of disposable income
Private household debt	82.0	75.9	73.3	73.8	73.7	x	x	x	x
in % of gross operating surplus
Corporate debt	464.2	492.7	493.7	495.3	498.1	x	x	x	x
Financial indicators
Interest rates, returns and exchange rates
in % p.a.
Average government bond yields weighted by outstanding amounts	3.0	2.8	2.8	2.9	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.5
Returns on long-term government bonds	3.1	2.8	3.0	x	x	x	3.3	3.4	x
Spread of government bond yields vis a vis Germany	0.6	0.5	0.4	x	x	x	0.3	0.2	x
Interest rates for house purchases (outstanding amount)	2.9	3.2	2.8	x	x	x	2.9	2.9	x
Interest rates for house purchases (new business)	3.9	3.9	3.4	x	x	x	3.5	3.6	x
Interest rates for corporate loans (outstanding amount)	4.0	4.4	3.5	x	x	x	3.5	3.5	x
Interest rates for corporate loans (new business)	4.5	4.8	3.7	x	x	x	3.7	3.8	x
ATX (Austrian Traded Index)	3,225	3,562	4,428	5,520	x	x	6,450	6,679	6,861
ATX (Austrian Traded Index) based on total returns	7,009	8,161	10,647	13,468	14,903	16,738	16,197	16,780	17,238
EUR/USD exchange rate	1.08	1.08	1.13	x	x	x	1.14	1.16	1.15
Indicator for nominal price competitiveness	107.6	108.7	109.9	110.5	110.1	110.2	109.9	110.4	110.3
Banking industry - structure
Number of banks (head offices) in Austria	472	458	445	445	445	x	x	x	x
Number of banks (branch offices) in Austria	3,195	3,151	3,057	3,034	3,013	x	x	x	x
Aggregated Income and Financial Statement as well as own funds (CBD)
in EUR mio
Total Assets/Liabilities	1,215,536	1,264,538	1,307,781	1,398,232	1,423,773	x	x	x	x
Loans and advances	819,194	858,200	880,560	943,419	966,984	x	x	x	x
Deposits of non-banks	716,723	751,025	791,450	855,621	871,476	x	x	x	x
Operating gains/losses	18,869	18,727	17,346	4,703	12,395	x	x	x	x
Net interest income	25,465	25,919	25,681	7,168	14,508	x	x	x	x
Net fee and comission income	9,562	9,699	10,341	2,805	5,594	x	x	x	x
Profit or Loss after tax and minority interest	12,606	10,793	11,473	3,009	9,311	x	x	x	x
Key figures (CBD)
in %
Total capital ratio	20.6	21.1	23.0	21.2	21.7	x	x	x	x
Common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio	17.6	17.9	19.6	17.8	18.5	x	x	x	x
NPL ratio	2.6	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	x	x	x	x
Banks' foreign business
in EUR mio
Total Claims vis-a-vis CESEE	306,445	320,024	338,265	409,215	420,744	x	x	x	x
Banks total assets/liabilities of foreign subsidiaries	288,360	315,412	321,127	409,580	418,580	x	x	x	x
Profit or loss after tax and minority interest of foreign subsidiaries	5,451	5,379	4,768	1,241	3,333	x	x	x	x


Source: OeNB.

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