Hungary

Hungarian inflation fell to 3.0% y-o-y in February from 3.1% in January. The principal driver of the slight slowdown was the utilities component, with price growth of 'housing, electricity,... 2009-03-30

Hungary's economy is set to contract by 6.4% in real terms in 2009 - the worst recession since the country's 1991 transition to market capitalism - as foreign capital inflows, exports... 2009-03-20

Hungarian industrial production contracted by a staggering 23.3% y-o-y in December, by far the worst outturn recorded in Hungarian Central Statistical Office figures dating back to... 2009-03-02

The risks of the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) cutting short or even reversing its recent monetary easing are mounting, as forint depreciation threatens both the banking sector... 2009-02-26

Hungarian inflation slowed to 3.5% y-o-y in December from 4.2% in November. The principal driver of the disinflation was the transport component, where prices contracted by 3.6%... 2009-01-30

Hungary's current account deficit is set to contract in 2009, as the recession and declining capital inflows cause imports to fall faster than exports. We caution, however, that even... 2009-01-14

Hungarian industrial output contracted by 7.2% y-o-y in October, the third consecutive month of negative industrial growth. This further confirms our view that the recession in the... 2009-01-05

Pressure in the Hungarian gas supply network fell to 45 bars on January 2 as a result of Russia's January 1 supply cut-off to Ukraine, through which a large proportion of Hungary's... 2009-01-05

The successful passage of the 2009 budget leaves the Hungarian Socialist government politically strengthened, and we expect it to survive through 2009 on the back of de facto support... 2008-12-16

We expect the National Bank of Hungary to pursue further monetary easing, with a base rate of 7.50% forecast for end-2009. This will be driven by a combination of exchange rate... 2008-12-09