Austrian gross domestic product growthfor this year is likely to be between 0.5 and 1.5 pct, Helmut
Kramer, head of the semi-official Institute for Economic
Research (WIFO) said.
    This compared with a two pct growth forecast made by the
WIFO last December.
    Kramer made the forecast at a meeting today on Austria's
economic outlook also attended by Chancellor Franz Vranitzky,
Finance Minister Ferdinand Lacina and National Bank President
Stefan Koren.
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