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The FIW - Research Centre International Economics (https://www.fiw.ac.at/) is a cooperation between the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the University Vienna, the Johannes Kepler University Linz, the University of Innsbruck, WIFO, wiiw and WSR. FIW is supported by the Austrian Federal Ministries of Education, Research and Science (BMBFW) and of Labour and Economy (BMAW).
FIW Statistics
Current FIW Statistics on International Trade, a clear and graphical overview.
News
FIW-Policy Brief N° 7 "Reform der Finanzmärkte" published
The FIW-Policy Brief N° 8 by Wilhelm Kohler (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) on "Das Spannungsfeld von Protektion, Liberalisierung und Freihandel" has been published and is free for download.
Statistik Austria published current data regarding international trade
The value of imports is 14% higher than last year (January to August). Exports rose by 15,3% to 69 bill. Euro. The trade balance deficit is therefore about 2,12 billion Euros. For more details please refer to the press release of Statistics Austria.
Pascal Lamy (WTO) thinks about changing the tradition of measuring international trade
WTO Director Lamy points out the distorted perception of data about international trade because of antiquated forms of statistics in this field.
next FIW-seminar, Thursday November 11th
Thursday, November 11th 2010. Julia Wörz (OeNB) and Joseph Francois: "The Rise and Fall of International Trade: Deconstructing Trade and Value Added"
New Focus Winter 2010/11
The new focus for the next quarter will treat the topic of a possible "currency war" and the climate change summit in Cancún (Mexico).
NEW: FIW-Statistics
A new service on the FIW-Website are the FIW-statistics. These current statistics provide an overview for important data and indicators regarding Austrian and International Trade and some monetary figures. The data is presented graphically and can also be downloaded as excel file. The FIW-statistics complement the already very useful "Austrian Foreign Trade" statistics which are also freely available. We will update the statistics on a regular basis.
Next FIW-Seminar on Monday, October 25th
The next seminar takes place on Monday, October 25th, 2pm. Speaker: Yuko Kinoshita (IMF): "Sectoral Composition of Foreign Direct Investment and External Vulnerability".
First FIW Research Report from the 2010/11 series published
"Modell basierte Analyse von Wasserströmen im internationalen Handel von Agrarprodukten" by Roland Treitler and Helmut Berrer is the first research report in the "FIW-studypool II" (2010/2011) and is ready for download.
New FIW-Expert
We are glad to announce that ao. Prof. Kunibert Raffer (University of Vienna) joined our FIW-Experts pool.
Statistics Austria has published recent Austrian trade data
Today Statistics Austria has published new data regarding Austrian trade. From January to July 2010 imports increased by 12,5%, exports by 13,6% compared to the first half of 2009. For further details please visit statistik.at.