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Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) www.wiiw.ac.at
EU integration, Macroeconomics, Labour markets, International economics, Industrial studies, Labour markets, Regional studies & more
Focus on Central, Eastern & Southeastern Europe
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🎧 #Trump holt zum Schlag gegen Russlands Ölkonzerne aus: Muss #Putin sich fürchten? Oder eher Europa?
Folge 28 @diepressecom.bsky.social-Podcast mit 🇷🇺-Experte Vasily Astrov & Johannes Benigni
🎧➡️https://www.diepresse.com/20298781/28-trump-holt-zum-schlag-gegen-russlands-oelkonzerne-aus-muss-putin
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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At our Global Economy Lecture @oenb.at, Silvana Tenreyro (LSE) discussed Europe’s monetary response to previous crises & examined the effectiveness of negative interest rates. She argued that negative interest rates can be very helpful in addressing economic shocks.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXvX...
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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"Da die USA nicht mehr in gleichem Maße wie in der Vergangenheit bereit sind, europäische Exportgüter zu importieren, und sich das Importwachstum Chinas verlangsamt, muss Europa seinen Fokus stärker auf inländische Wachstumsmotoren richten", sagt @heimbergecon.bsky.social in den OÖN. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Unser Ökonom @olreit.bsky.social @krone.at.web.brid.gy
über den sich entspannenden Handelskonflikt zwischen #China und den USA nach dem Gipfeltreffen von Donald #Trump mit Xi Jinping.
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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The Danube Region's economic strength depends not just on connectivity and capital but on expertise, adaptability, and human potential, argues our economist Mary Tverdostup in European Voices magazine.
➡️ www.europeanvoices.eu/en/20111922/...
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Join us on 5 Nov. at 16:00 CET at @oenb.at for our Global Economy Lecture with Prof. Silvana Tenreyro (London School of Economics) on a topic that remains highly debated among economists: the effectiveness of negative interest rates.
More: ➡️ shorturl.at/QYMeA
REGISTER: ➡️ shorturl.at/P60jL
October 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Direktor @marioholzner.bsky.social i. d. ZiB über die neue Prognose für Osteuropa, insb. die Situation in #Russland und der #Ukraine: "Das Wachstumspotenzial der russischen Wirtschaft ist weitgehend ausgeschöpft. Die Ukraine kämpft durch den Krieg mit massiven Problemen." on.orf.at/video/142963...
October 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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There are 2 major risks to the forecast. First, high budget deficits, particularly in 🇷🇴, 🇭🇺, 🇵🇱 and 🇸🇰. Second, 🇷🇺 is increasingly destabilising its immediate neighbours with hybrid attacks, acts of sabotage. Already, FDI flows to the region have declined significantly. 10/11
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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EU members in the region have experienced a rapid increase in labour costs without a corresponding increase in #productivity, thereby losing in #competitiveness to a much greater extent than their Western European peers, such as Italy and Germany. 6/11
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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The sharp rise in #defence spending among #NATO countries in the region is also supporting growth. These countries are expected to see an additional average annual GDP growth effect of 0.2 to 0.3 percentage points in the coming years with 🇵🇱 & Baltic states at the forefront. 5/11
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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The eastern EU countries’ economic model is undergoing a fundamental structural change: investment by private companies and the public sector is expected to gain importance, while private consumption diminishes due to real wage growth cooling. 4/11
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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All in all, wiiw forecasts average growth of 2.2% for the EU member states in the region in 2025, a minimal downward revision of 0.1 percentage points compared to the summer. In 2026, it should pick up to 2.6%, also a downward revision of 0,2 percentage points. 2/11
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Hot off the press: New Autumn #Forecast for 23 countries in Eastern Europe 2025-2027. Region shows robust growth despite a challenging international environment and ongoing geopolitical risks. Ukraine's economy is stuck in war while Russia is headed for stagnation. #Thread 1/11🧵
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Russland-Experte Vasily Astrov erklärt in der ZiB die große Bedeutung der Schattenflotte für Putin: "Öl ist als Exportgut enorm wichtig für Russland. Wir reden hier über Erlöse von 150 bis 200 Milliarden Euro pro Jahr."
📺 on.orf.at/video/142961...
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Herbst-Konjunkturprognose Osteuropa: Welche Folgen hat Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine und wie geht es der Wirtschaft in Mittel-, Ost- und Südosteuropa?
#Pressekonferenz, Mittwoch, 22. Oktober, 10:00 Uhr
Details: ➡️ shorturl.at/TpELR
Anmeldung: ➡️ wiiw.ac.at/pressekonfer...
October 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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🎧 Soll Europa jetzt Oligarchen und russische Kriegsflüchtlinge aufnehmen?
Folge 27 des Podcasts @diepressecom.bsky.social mit 🇷🇺-Experten Vasily Astrov & Anwalt Gabriel Lansky: Kann man Putin schaden, indem man reiche Russen u. Hochqualifizierte nach Europa lockt?
www.diepresse.com/20209281/27-...
October 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Easier to afford, more likely to be smoked? Our newly developed Marlboro indices by Kristijan Fidanovski et al. show higher cigarette affordability in the South and East of Europe.
Download the full paper: ➡️https://wiiw.ac.at/p-7416.html
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October 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Unser Ökonom Michael Landesmann in einer ZiB-Sondersendung über die unsicheren Aussichten für den Wiederaufbau Gazas und die längerfristigen Perspektiven der palästinensischen Wirtschaft. #Gaza
📺 (ab Minute 00:31): on.orf.at/video/142956...
October 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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📺TV-Tipp für heute Abend, 13.10, 20:15 Uhr, ORF 2:
Unser Ökonom Michael Landesmann über den Wiederaufbau von #Gaza in einer ZiB-Sondersendung.
tv.orf.at/program/orf2...
October 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Große Story in @diepressecom.bsky.social über unsere neue Studie von @heimbergecon.bsky.social & Cara Dabrowski: 🇦🇹 & die 🇪🇺 brauchen mehr öffentliche Investitionen, um ihre geopolitischen Ziele zu erreichen und die lahmende Wirtschaft zu revitalisieren. Das geht auch, ohne das Budget zu belasten.
October 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Big news! The converge2.eu dashboard is LIVE! With our partners, we’re analysing the gap between prosperity in the Western Balkans and the EU through data-driven analysis across 8 key areas of life. Discover how 🇦🇱, 🇧🇦, 🇽🇰, 🇲🇪, 🇲🇰, 🇷🇸 are doing. Explore the date, understand the trends. 1/2
October 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Fascinating lecture today by @guntramwolff.bsky.social on how the 🇪🇺 can make its rearmament credible, effective & affordable given the challenge posed by 🇷🇺. Key points: build a common defence market, pool industrial capacities, boost R&D to reduce reliance on the US for strategic technologies.
October 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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In the 2010s, Europe’s economic growth was driven
largely by demand from foreign countries, against a backdrop of weak wage growth and restrained fiscal policy at home. Net investment (gross investment minus depreciation) therefore hovered close to zero for a couple of years. 4/9
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Public investment of 1% of GDP has a positive macroeconomic effect on real GDP, the unemployment rate, the private investment ratio and the public debt ratio in the short to medium run. 3/9
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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The 🇪🇺 needs public investment to achieve its geopolitical goals & revive its economy. Our new study by @heimbergecon.bsky.social & Cara Dabrowski finds that well-targeted public investment brings strong economic returns and can be financed through borrowing without destabilising budgets. 1/9
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM