Not all countries are going to roar back to recovery. Austria’s economy, along with related exchange traded fund (ETF), may languish for a while until demand for Austrian exports once again resumes.

What’s got Austria in such a funk?

• Austria’s Central Bank estimates the country’s GDP will drop 3.8% in the second quarter and 4.1% in the third quarter, compared to the same periods last year, report Sylvia Westall and Mark Heinrich for Forbes.

• The Central Bank expected an overall 4.2% GDP contraction this year followed by another 0.4% in 2010 because of  poor exports and investments. Germany, which usually takes in around a third of Austria’s exports, has not been faring too well.

• The Austrian Higher Study and Economic Research Institute recently noted that the unemployment rate in Austria could reach a record 8.8% in 2010 as the country’s economy remains relatively weak, China View states. Unemployment is currently  around 7.7%, up from 5.8% in 2008.
  

• The institute goes so far as to claim Austria is in such a rut that it will take until 2013 for a recovery. The director of the institute thinks the economy will hover around a 0.5% to 1% gain in 2010. The institute forecasts a low inflation rate of 1.4% by 2013.

• iShares MSCI Austria Investable Mkt Idx (EWO): up 43.5% year-to-date

For more information on Austria, visit our Austria category.

Max Chen contributed to this article.

Tags: Austria, Europe, EWO, Global ETFs