Austrian Central Bank Analysis Shows Budget Consolidation Will Weigh Most on Low-Income Households and Lenders

Measures planned for 2025 through 2028 will land hardest on families already facing tight budgets and on banks navigating higher funding costs.

The Austrian Nationalbank has examined the coming round of fiscal consolidation and concluded that low-income households and the banking sector will absorb the largest share of the adjustment. The finding arrives as officials seek to narrow deficits that the central bank itself now expects to exceed the 3 percent target set for 2028.

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