Austria's economy contracted in the second quarter after rebounding in the previous quarter, preliminary estimates from the WIFO economic institute showed Friday.
Gross domestic product decreased 0.4 percent sequentially, after a 0.1 percent rise in the first quarter.
On a yearly basis, GDP fell 0.3 percent in the June quarter, reversing a 1.8 percent rise in the March quarter.
The expenditure-side breakdown showed that the final spending of private households declined 1.5 percent from a quarter ago, and gross fixed capital formation slid by 2.1 percent.
At the same time, general government consumption grew by 0.9 percent. Exports advanced 0.6 percent, while imports showed a fall of 1.1 percent.
Revised quarterly data for the second quarter will be published by Statistics Austria in the first week of September.
