Changes in the Austrian economy and financial sector since EU accession  Austria celebrates a number of important anniversaries this year. We commemorate not only the end of World War II 60 years ago and the signing of the Austrian State Treaty 50 years ago, but also Austria’s accession to the European Union ten years ago.
Since June the ECB has responded forcefully to counter growing risks of a too prolonged period of low inflation. Taken together, our measures will have a sizeable impact on our balance sheet, which is intended to move towards the dimensions it had at the beginning of 2012.