GKI: Trends are favourable in the short term

Trends in the Hungarian economy of the first half of the year have continued in the past few months, and no substantial changes can be expected until mid-2018. Owing to the surge of EU transfers and their budgetary advance payments as well as the pre-election demand boost, the economic growth rate reached 3.8 per cent, which is above the EU average but it is among the lowest in the CEE region. Although GDP growth is driven by investments, consumption is also rising fast. Although external and internal equilibria deteriorate slightly, and inflation accelerates, this is not a problem for the time being. The trends are favourable in the short term; however, long-term solutions are still missing.

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