Investment is Expected to Increase in Manufacturing in 2019. Results of the WIFO Spring 2019 Investment Survey

Estimates based on the data of the WIFO Investment Survey show an overall expansion of investment by 5.0 percent in 2019 compared to 2018. Small and medium-sized enterprises raise their investments more strongly than large enterprises. Particularly manufacturers of durable consumer goods and intermediates will increase their investments this year. Investments by manufacturers of non-durable consumer goods and motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers are projected to decline. For Austria's economy as a whole, WIFO forecasts an increase in gross fixed capital formation of 2.4 percent in real terms in 2019.