Opposition: Forint Weakening Caused by Govt Economic Policies The recent weakening of the forint has resulted from the government's "ill-advised, unconvincing economic policy", representatives of opposition parties said... 2022.03.09.
State Audit Office: State Debt Ratio Target “Achievable” The state debt ratio targeted for this year is achievable based on the data available by November so the debt... 2021.12.23.
FinMin Expects 5% GDP Growth, 4.9% Budget Deficit in 2022 The finance ministry is calculating with a GDP growth over 5 percent next year, making it possible to reduce the... 2021.12.17.
Budget Deficit at 7.5% of GDP in First Quarter The Hungarian budget's net financing requirement -- a good approximation for the budget deficit -- in the first quarter came... 2021.06.30.
Hungary’s State Debt-to-GDP Ratio Rises Above 2009 Crisis Level As a consequence of the pandemic, Hungary's gross government debt-to-GDP ratio jumped up to 81.2%, meaning that it broke a... 2021.01.21.
DK Demands PM Orbán’s Explanation of High State Debt The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) on Monday called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to explain the high level of state... 2021.01.12.
Finance Minister: Global Economic Downturn More Severe This Year than in 2008 The management of Hungary's public debt is stable and based on several pillars, Mihály Varga, the finance minister, said in... 2020.12.15.
With Recession Looming, European Leaders Debate on How to Shake the Money Tree With the relief of reopening comes the fear of the oncoming recession. Now that many European countries have begun to... 2020.06.19.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Hungary Ponders Von der Leyen’s Recovery Plan As PM Orbán expresses doubts about the €750 billion restart package announced by the European Commission, opinions diverge on why... 2020.06.03.
DK Slams Gov’t for ‘Indebting’ Country The opposition Democratic Coalition has called on the government not to drive the country to indebtedness through a planned forex... 2020.04.24.
Govt Working to Reduce Public Debt to 60 pc of GDP by 2022, says Finance Minister The government is working to further reduce the public debt, aiming to push it under 60 percent of GDP by... 2019.12.12.
Szijjártó: West Wants to ‘Break C Europe Competiteveness’ through ‘Socialist-Type’ Proposals Some Western European countries are seeking to break central Europe's competitiveness "through a socialist-type economic policy", the foreign minister told... 2019.09.04.
Hungary State Debt to GDP Falls to Pre-Financial Crisis Level Hungary’s gross state debt has fallen below 70% of the GDP, writes pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet, referring to data provided by the... 2019.08.27.
Hungary State Debt at 69 percent of GDP Hungary's state debt stood at 68.7 percent of GDP at the end of June, down from 70.0 percent of GDP... 2019.08.22.
Hungary State Debt at 70.1 Percent Hungary's Maastricht state debt stood at 70.1 percent of GDP at the end of March 2019, down from 70.8 percent... 2019.07.01.
Hungary 2018 Budget Deficit 2.2 pc of GDP, State Debt 70 pc Hungary's budget deficit - calculated according to the European Union's accrual-based accounting rules - came to 2.2 percent of GDP... 2019.04.01.
Govt to Drastically Reduce Deficit by Freezing Human Sector’s Funds The government has ambitious plans for reducing the budget deficit and state debt. However, if the improvement of fiscal indicators... 2019.01.25.
Govt: Deficit around 2 pc, Expected Growth 4.6 pc in 2018 Hungary's cash flow-based general government budget, excluding local councils, ran HUF 1,445.1 billion forints (EUR 4.5bn) deficit at the end... 2019.01.11.
Hungary State Debt at 70.9 pc of GDP Hungary's state debt, calculated according to Maastricht rules, stood at 70.9 percent of GDP at the end of September 2018,... 2018.11.19.
IMF Urges Hungary to Reduce State Debt Faster The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended Hungary do more to reduce state debt as well as phase out sectoral taxes... 2018.08.06.
Hungarian State Debt Drops to 74.5% of GDP at End of 2017 According to preliminary data, Hungary’s state debt as a percentage of GDP declined to 74.5% at the end of last... 2018.01.03.