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Emerging markets have undergone structural changes that reduced their exposure to a global tightening, but they are still affected by US rates. This column suggests that positive US economic surprises that bring forward the undoing of quantitative easing and steepen the US Treasury yield curve may translate into wider emerging markets spreads. US economic strength may play a welcome sobering role in the surge of emerging market assets.
voxIn November less jobs were lost in the U.S. than expected but contrary to the Investors expectations, Bernanke warns about 'headwinds'. For now the rally of the Dollar has stopped.
FTD (in German)
Business confidence is bouncing back after the sharpest drop in economic activity since World War Two, prompting more industry leaders to start hiring again, found a survey published today (27 January) as the World Economic Forum in Davos opens.
[Translate to English:] Davos. In Davos beginnt heute das 40. Weltwirtschaftsforum. Rund 2.500 Personen aus Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft aus mehr als 90 Ländern kommen in dem Schweizer Kurort zusammen. Zentrale Themen dürften die Erdbebenkatastrophe in Haiti und die Folgen der Finanzmarktkrise sein.
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Tables of current economic situation
- Austrian Foreign Trade (in German)
- WIFO Economic Data Service: Austrian and international Economic Data
- wiiw Data on Central, East and Southeast European countries
- Data on Foreign Trade from the Oesterreichische Nationalbank
- WKO Data Austria (in German)
- WKO Data International (in German)
- International Monetary Fund: Special Data Dissemination Standard
Research
Im Rahmen des Projekts "Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft" (http://www.fiw.ac.at), das aus den Mitteln der Internationalisierungsoffensive finanziert wird, beabsichtigt das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend Anfang des Jahres 2010 etwa sechs Studien zu relevanten Außenwirtschaftsthemen in Auftrag zu geben und lädt Interessentinnen und Interessenten ein, entsprechende Projektvorschläge bis spätestens 14.2.2010 zu übermitteln. Details zu den thematischen Schwerpunkten sind den beiliegenden Terms of Reference zu entnehmen. Die Studienergebnisse werden sodann in der FIW-Schriftenreihe und auf der FIW-Homepage veröffentlicht werden. Darüber hinaus besteht die Möglichkeit, sie im Rahmen eines FIW-Workshops zu diskutieren.
Publications
Within the scope of the "Research Centre International Economics" (FIW) the yearbook on "Austria's External Relations 2009" was published. You can download the full text of the yearbook (in German) and the English summary for free.
The "FIW Tätigkeitsbericht 2009" reports on the activity of the Research Centre International Economics (FIW) in 2009 (in German).
The FIW project now regularly publishes Policy Briefs addressing current issues in International Economics. These Policy Briefs should refine information’s about current political economy processes, in particular with respect to the specific situation in Austria.
N°3: Karl Aiginger (WIFO)
"Globale Krise und Herausforderung für Österreich" (December 2009)
N°2: Joseph Francois (Johannes Kepler University Linz, wiiw) and Roman Stöllinger (wiiw)
"New Shades of Protectionism and the Role of Multinationals" (December 2009)
The FIW Research Reports 2009/2010 show the results of work packages that were commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economics, Family and Youth (BMWFJ) within the framework of the ‘Research Centre International Economics” (FIW) in November 2008.
N°6: Martin Falk (Wifo), Yvonne Wolfmayr (Wifo)
"The Extent, Characteristics and Impacts of FDI and Multinational Firm Activities - A Firm Level Analysis" (January 2010)
N°5: Birgit Bednar-Friedl, Pablo Muñoz Jaramillo, Thomas Schinko, Karl Steininger
"The Carbon Content of Austrian Trade Flows in the European and International Trade Context" (January 2010)
N°4: E. Christie (wiiw), J. Francois (Universität Linz), M. Holzner (wiiw), S. Leitner (wiiw), O. Pindyuk (wiiw)
"AUSTRIA 2020: The impact of medium-term global trends on the Austrian economy" (January 2010)
N°3: Edward Hunter Christie (Ed.) (wiiw), Joseph Francois (University of Linz), Waltraut Urban (wiiw), Franz Wirl (University of Vienna)
"China’s foreign oil policy: genesis, deployment and selected effects" (Jänner 2010)
N°2: Kurt Kratena and Ina Meyer (Wifo)
"CO2 Emissions Embodied in Austrian International Trade" (January 2010)
N°46: Petra Vujakovic (JVI)
"How to Measure Globalisation? A New Globalisation Index (NGI)" (February 2010)
N°45: Dinh Thi Thanh Binh (University of Trento)
"Agglomeration Economies and Location Choices by Foreign Firms in Vietnam" (January 2010)
N°44: Gabriele Di Filippo (University Paris IX Dauphine)
"Conventions in the Foreign Exchange Market:Do they really explain Exchange Rate Dynamics?" (January 2010)