Planned Manufacturing Investment is Forecast to Increase by 9.2 percent in 2006. Results of the WIFO Investment Survey of Autumn 2005

According to the results of the Autumn 2005 investment survey, investment in manufacturing expressed in current prices declined by 4.6 percent in 2005, but is expected to rise by 8.3 percent in 2006. The largest increase is reported by the primary, consumer goods and food and beverages industries. There are also significant differences with respect to firm size. While large enterprises expect a moderate increase of 3.7 percent, small and medium sized firms foresee their investments to grow by 14.5 percent.