Blue collar workers among the higher earners

Public finance deficit reached 6.7 percent in 2024

Based on the final 2024 deficit figures released on Tuesday, a business analyst predicts public expenditure cuts as the government intends to continue reducing the public debt rate. READ MORE

An analysis of Donald Trump’s victory in Iowa

An independent analyst believes that if Trump returns to the White House, Hungary’s relations with the US could improve — but only temporarily READ MORE

PISA tests show decline in European student competence

An expert reads the result of the international survey as a sign that something has gone wrong in public education in European countries. READ MORE

Hungary 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. READ MORE

Aging society stores up future problems

An independent economist fears that unless the government introduces further tax cuts and other incentives, the aging of the Hungarian society will lead to a ‘pension catastrophe’. READ MORE

Standard & Poor’s downgrades Hungary but still above investment grade threshold

A government critical conservative economist believes that the government needs to maintain a strict economic policy path and secure access to suspended EU funds to improve Hungary’s economic outlook. READ MORE

Inflation hits 24.5 percent in December

As year-on-year inflation breaks another record, economists wonder if rapidly rising prices have any potential benefit. READ MORE

Government scraps fuel price cap

Pundits from across the political spectrum find the government’s decision to lift the fuel price cap with immediate effect reasonable but draw conflicting conclusions from the matter. READ MORE

Speculation about Hungary’s economic outlook

Left-wing and liberal analysts blame the government and the National Bank for the high price Hungarians are paying to regain the trust of the markets. A pro-government pundit is optimistic that Hungary can avoid recession – despite the global economic crisis. READ MORE