193 result(s) for forecasts
Xpat Opinion: Positive Feedback For Hungary From The IMF
- 24 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist interprets the latest IMF report on Hungary as recognition of the success of the efforts made by the Hungarian government to overcome the crisis and restart economic growth.
Xpat Opinion: EU Recognizes Hungary's Favourable Growth Forecasts
- 28 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on recent statistics, a pro-government economist contends that PM Orbán has been successful in consolidating the Hungarian economy. The leading left-wing daily cites data from the building industry to underpin its view that the government’s policies have mostly failed.
Hungarian Unions To Join Euro Transport Protest
- 29 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
Four unions of Hungarian air traffic controllers will join a strike action called for Jan. 30 by the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), Control, one of the unions, told MTI.ETF has called the strike action to protest against the European Commission’s reform plan, which it thinks will have negative impacts on air traffic controllers, including layoffs.
Hungary Rates Could Go As Low As 2.5%
- 10 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s central bank has room to cut interest rates to as low as 2.5%, and while it said in December that it could slow the pace of easing, this is not a done deal, one of the bank’s deputy governors, Ádám Balog, said on Thursday.
Record Warm Winter Temperatures In Hungary
- 9 Jan 2014 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian National Meteorological Service has reported that last Sunday saw temperatures reach an all time high in Hungary. In Kaposvar, in the southwest, temperatures reached 16.3 degrees C in the afternoon, exceeding the previous high of 13.8 C for the same time of year in Hungary, as seen in 1919.
Little Rain Might Undermine Hungarian Government Prospects
- 6 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian government and economy might encounter troubles due to little rain and no snow in the past few weeks. After last year’s outstanding harvest, this year’s might affect the economy in a negative way as a result of expected little precipitation in the next few weeks.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary The ‘Star Pupil’
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“Romania, Hungary and Latvia emerge the star pupils in the latest survey on growth in the EU,” it begins. Hungary watchers will know that it has been quite some time since this country was referred to as a “star pupil” in the EU regarding anything that has to do with the economy. When was the last time?
London-Based Economists Upgrade Hungary GDP Forecasts
- 9 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
London-based emerging markets economists have raised their forecasts for Hungarian economic growth forecast to 0.9% from 0.5% this year and to 2.2% from 1.5% in 2014 on the back of strong figures for the third quarter.
Xpat Opinion: The Failure Of Széll Kálmán Square Budapest Plan Reflected In The Budget 2014
- 18 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
In spring, 2011, to demonstrate to the European Union that the country is capable of obviating the excessive deficit procedure, the Hungarian Government announced the Széll Kálmán-Plan, then a year after the Széll Kálmán-Plan 2.0. By scale these represented restrictions amounting to HUF 1,500 billion. In its analysis, the Policy Agenda checked, to what extent the Budget 2014 reflects the ...
Xpat Opinion: Positive Feedback For Hungary From The IMF
- 24 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist interprets the latest IMF report on Hungary as recognition of the success of the efforts made by the Hungarian government to overcome the crisis and restart economic growth.
Xpat Opinion: EU Recognizes Hungary's Favourable Growth Forecasts
- 28 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on recent statistics, a pro-government economist contends that PM Orbán has been successful in consolidating the Hungarian economy. The leading left-wing daily cites data from the building industry to underpin its view that the government’s policies have mostly failed.
Hungarian Unions To Join Euro Transport Protest
- 29 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- travel
Four unions of Hungarian air traffic controllers will join a strike action called for Jan. 30 by the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), Control, one of the unions, told MTI.ETF has called the strike action to protest against the European Commission’s reform plan, which it thinks will have negative impacts on air traffic controllers, including layoffs.
Hungary Rates Could Go As Low As 2.5%
- 10 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s central bank has room to cut interest rates to as low as 2.5%, and while it said in December that it could slow the pace of easing, this is not a done deal, one of the bank’s deputy governors, Ádám Balog, said on Thursday.
Record Warm Winter Temperatures In Hungary
- 9 Jan 2014 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian National Meteorological Service has reported that last Sunday saw temperatures reach an all time high in Hungary. In Kaposvar, in the southwest, temperatures reached 16.3 degrees C in the afternoon, exceeding the previous high of 13.8 C for the same time of year in Hungary, as seen in 1919.
Little Rain Might Undermine Hungarian Government Prospects
- 6 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian government and economy might encounter troubles due to little rain and no snow in the past few weeks. After last year’s outstanding harvest, this year’s might affect the economy in a negative way as a result of expected little precipitation in the next few weeks.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary The ‘Star Pupil’
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“Romania, Hungary and Latvia emerge the star pupils in the latest survey on growth in the EU,” it begins. Hungary watchers will know that it has been quite some time since this country was referred to as a “star pupil” in the EU regarding anything that has to do with the economy. When was the last time?
London-Based Economists Upgrade Hungary GDP Forecasts
- 9 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
London-based emerging markets economists have raised their forecasts for Hungarian economic growth forecast to 0.9% from 0.5% this year and to 2.2% from 1.5% in 2014 on the back of strong figures for the third quarter.
Xpat Opinion: The Failure Of Széll Kálmán Square Budapest Plan Reflected In The Budget 2014
- 18 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
In spring, 2011, to demonstrate to the European Union that the country is capable of obviating the excessive deficit procedure, the Hungarian Government announced the Széll Kálmán-Plan, then a year after the Széll Kálmán-Plan 2.0. By scale these represented restrictions amounting to HUF 1,500 billion. In its analysis, the Policy Agenda checked, to what extent the Budget 2014 reflects the ...