Economic performance.

The article offers information concerning the economic performance of Austria for the first quarter of 2008. It reports that Austria's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth has accelerated to 3.3% in the first quarter of 2008 which was driven primarily by the performance in the industrial and construction sectors. Moreover, it notes that the country's employment growth accelerated to 2.8% while its household consumption has remained constrained at 1.4%.