GDP growth exceeds expectations
A pro-government commentator believes that Hungary’s 17.9 per cent growth rate vindicates the government’s economic policy. The leading online business journal suspects that fast growth may necessitate...
View ArticleNational Bank’s rate hikes deemed necessary
An independent economist welcomes the National Bank’s base interest rate hikes and the announcement of incremental tapering. He believes that returning to more orthodox monetary measures will help...
View ArticleDispute over Hungary’s economic outlook
A left-wing commentator fears that the government’s spending policies will further fuel already rampant inflation. A pro-government analyst quotes two independent analyses to justify his confidence...
View ArticleInflation higher, growth rate lower than expected
Economists across the political spectrum investigate the causes and possible remedies of soaring inflation. According to the estimates of the Ministry of Finance, published on Friday, inflation will be...
View ArticleFears of recession
A leading economic analyst fears that the combination of rapidly growing inflation, high energy prices and an economic slowdown in Germany may cause a deep recession in Hungary as well. On Portfolio,...
View ArticleInflation hits 24.5 percent in December
As year-on-year inflation breaks another record, economists wonder if rapidly rising prices have any potential benefit. On Mandiner, Géza Sebestyén, economist of the pro-government Matthias Corvinus...
View ArticleHungary in slight recession for a full year
A liberal analyst paints a mixed picture of the state of the Hungarian economy, with positive alongside negative developments. The Central Statistical Office reported a 0.3 GDP drop in the second...
View ArticleHungary in slight recession
As the GDP has been slowly shrinking for the fourth consecutive quarter, a business analyst lists five reasons that caused Hungary’s longest recession since 1996. Commenting on the detailed GDP figures...
View ArticleLeft-wing author dismisses plans to catch up with the EU average as unrealistic
A left-wing historian who lives in California suggests that the Hungarian government is chasing a mirage with its economic policies. In Népszava, Iván T. Berend, a prominent ‘reform communist’...
View ArticleWeeklies on the solidity of the position of the Hungarian government
Opinions sharply diverge on the issue as well was on the chances of the opposition to win an election in the foreseeable future. In Jelen, veteran political scientist Attila Ágh is convinced that the...
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