GKI: slowing growth and upgrade may come this year

After last year's exceptionally fast 3.5 percent growth, a deceleration may come. The GKI expects a 2 percent economic growth, and that the credit rating agencies will upgrade Hungary’s classification in the second half of the year – according to GKI Economic Research Company’s forecast.

GKI sees that the forthcoming economic growth slowdown will be mainly due to the reducing EU subsidies, while business investments are barely growing. After two good years in agriculture a slight decline is likely occur in the sector. Despite the positive growth of last year and the state debt has not decreased, so the scope of fiscal policy is tight – the GKI wrote. (MTI)