Deep, But Short Recession in Austria. Economic Outlook for 2020 and 2021

The measures adopted to contain the COVID-19 pandemic give rise to a recession in Austria. With a slump by 7.0 percent year-on-year, demand and output will contract even more sharply in 2020 than during the economic and financial market crisis of 2008-09. Since the trough now appears to have been pa...

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Link(s) zu Dokument(en):WIFO Publikation
Veröffentlicht in:WIFO Bulletin
1. Verfasser: Christian Glocker
Format: article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2020
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Zusammenfassung:The measures adopted to contain the COVID-19 pandemic give rise to a recession in Austria. With a slump by 7.0 percent year-on-year, demand and output will contract even more sharply in 2020 than during the economic and financial market crisis of 2008-09. Since the trough now appears to have been passed, the recession promises to be short. Nevertheless, GDP will still not be back to its pre-crisis level by the end of the projection horizon (end of 2021).