## Austria: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation

_IMF Staff Country Reports, August 8, 2000_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: August 8, 2000
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451802269.002

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### Economic performance
- The Austrian economy "has been growing at an annual rate in excess of 3percent since mid-1999."
- Strong external demand and continued economic liberalization "should contribute to sustaining economic expansion at a rate of close to 3percent per year in 2001–02."
- Expansionary monetary conditions are noted "from an Austrian perspective."

### Policy recommendations and sectoral reforms
- "Experience with deregulation in the telecommunications and electricity sectors is encouraged."
- Emphasis on continued economic liberalization to support growth.

### Fiscal policy and consolidation stance
- Given strong economic growth and expansionary monetary conditions, Executive Directors "judged that cyclical reasons would support a front-loaded approach to fiscal consolidation."
- Subject tags related to fiscal policy include: Expenditure, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Pension spending.

### Labor and social policy themes
- Relevant subject areas include: Labor, Labor markets, Pension spending.
- Keywords indicate attention to: labor markets, pension spending, one-off expenditure, stability program.

### Publication and document specifics
- Series: Country Report No. 2000/095
- Volume: 2000
- Issue: 095
- Pages: 40
- ISBN: 9781451802269
- ISSN: 1934-7685
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451802269.002
- Notes: "Included with the Staff Report are the text of Public Information Notice No. 00/58 and a statement by Johann Prader on August 3,2000."

*International Monetary Fund. "Austria: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation", IMF Staff Country Reports 2000, 095 (2000).*

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