Hungary

Hungarian inflation ticked down to 6.7% y-o-y in June, mainly on the back of disinflation in the key food price component. Food price growth ticked down to 13.0% y-o-y from 14.0%... 2008-07-23

Hungary's short-term political risk profile has worsened further, with persistent inflation and a weak minority government elevating the risks to social stability and policy continuity.... 2008-07-23

We believe that the Hungarian forint has further to go in its present bull run after gaining 13.5% against the euro since early March. Having broken through a key resistance level... 2008-07-10

Hungarian external debt has spiralled higher in the first quarter, rising by 34.6% y-o-y to hit a record EUR115.4bn. While government debt liabilities fell to EUR32.3bn, private sector... 2008-07-01

The leader of Hungary's Alliance of Free Democrats, Gabor Fodor, has ruled out rejoining a coalition with the governing Socialists on June 21. At the same time though, Fodor stressed... 2008-07-01

We hold to our view that Hungary's current account deficit will continue to narrow in 2008, though high energy import prices and weakening external demand will mean the improvement... 2008-07-01

We hold to our view that Hungarian economic growth will come in at a weak 1.8% this year, followed by a lacklustre 3.4% outturn in 2009. One factor impacted by the poor economic outlook... 2008-06-02