101 result(s) for price inflation in Current Affairs
Hungarian Opinion: Ruminations On Economy After Covid
- 19 Apr 2021 12:27 PM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
As the third wave of the coronavirus passes its peak, the number of infections declines and the vaccination rate passes 31 per cent, commentators ponder the post-Covid prospects of economic recovery.
Opposition LMP Calls For Pension Hike In Hungary
- 5 Jan 2021 7:57 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The government is “cruelly letting old people down” by keeping the minimum pension low and indexing pensions below inflation, Erzsébet Schmuck, co-leader of the opposition LMP party, said, and called on the government to raise pensions by 4% in January, as well as increase the minimum pension “two-and-a-half-fold to above a monthly 71,000 forints (EUR 197)”.
Hungary Targets Economic Growth Of 4.8% In 2021
- 28 May 2020 8:02 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The government’s 2021 budget bill targets annual economic growth of 4.8%, Finance Minister Mihály Varga (pictured on top left) said, presenting the bill to parliament. Inflation is expected to be around 3%, level with the National Bank of Hungary’s mid-term “price stability” target, he added.
Coronavirus: Hungarian Opposition Parties Call For Additional Measures
- 20 Mar 2020 7:50 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists have urged the government to grant health and welfare workers in the forefront of efforts tackling the coronavirus epidemic a one-off bonus.
Finance Minister: Hungary’s Economic Growth Sustainable
- 5 Jul 2018 7:17 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
International economic players agree with the government’s assessment that Hungary is on a sustainable growth path, allowing the economy to expand by about 4% both this year and the next, the finance minister told commercial InfoRádió.
Local Opinion: Left-Wing Debate On Higher Wages
- 11 Aug 2017 8:26 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing political economist believes that in order to boost productivity, the state needs to intervene and boost wages. A left-wing commentator, on the other hand, fears that higher wages would increase first and foremost alcohol and tobacco consumption.
KSH Releases 2016 Household Energy, Food Consumption Data
- 10 May 2017 10:36 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians’ monthly per capita spending on foodstuffs was at 20,400 forints (EUR 65.4) in 2016, up by 2.6% in current prices from the previous year, a summary of data published by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) shows. Adjusted for inflation, food consumption spending rose by 2.3% in real terms during the period.
Opinion: PM Orbán Announces Pension Hikes
- 3 Dec 2016 7:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist welcomes the Prime Minister’s decision to increase pensions. A left-wing commentator, on the other hand, accuses the government of vote hunting.
Tóbiás: 2017 Pension Rise ‘Humiliating, Unfair’
- 3 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist Party leader József Tóbiás called the government’s planned 0.9% pension rise for next year “humiliating” and “unfair”. He said next year’s pension plan, which would increase pensions by an average of 1,000 forints (EUR 3.19), indicated that the government has “given up” on pensioners. Meanwhile, the government plans to raise the salaries of state-owned company executives and the central ...
Hungarian Opinion: Ruminations On Economy After Covid
- 19 Apr 2021 12:27 PM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
As the third wave of the coronavirus passes its peak, the number of infections declines and the vaccination rate passes 31 per cent, commentators ponder the post-Covid prospects of economic recovery.
Opposition LMP Calls For Pension Hike In Hungary
- 5 Jan 2021 7:57 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The government is “cruelly letting old people down” by keeping the minimum pension low and indexing pensions below inflation, Erzsébet Schmuck, co-leader of the opposition LMP party, said, and called on the government to raise pensions by 4% in January, as well as increase the minimum pension “two-and-a-half-fold to above a monthly 71,000 forints (EUR 197)”.
Hungary Targets Economic Growth Of 4.8% In 2021
- 28 May 2020 8:02 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The government’s 2021 budget bill targets annual economic growth of 4.8%, Finance Minister Mihály Varga (pictured on top left) said, presenting the bill to parliament. Inflation is expected to be around 3%, level with the National Bank of Hungary’s mid-term “price stability” target, he added.
Coronavirus: Hungarian Opposition Parties Call For Additional Measures
- 20 Mar 2020 7:50 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists have urged the government to grant health and welfare workers in the forefront of efforts tackling the coronavirus epidemic a one-off bonus.
Finance Minister: Hungary’s Economic Growth Sustainable
- 5 Jul 2018 7:17 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
International economic players agree with the government’s assessment that Hungary is on a sustainable growth path, allowing the economy to expand by about 4% both this year and the next, the finance minister told commercial InfoRádió.
Local Opinion: Left-Wing Debate On Higher Wages
- 11 Aug 2017 8:26 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing political economist believes that in order to boost productivity, the state needs to intervene and boost wages. A left-wing commentator, on the other hand, fears that higher wages would increase first and foremost alcohol and tobacco consumption.
KSH Releases 2016 Household Energy, Food Consumption Data
- 10 May 2017 10:36 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians’ monthly per capita spending on foodstuffs was at 20,400 forints (EUR 65.4) in 2016, up by 2.6% in current prices from the previous year, a summary of data published by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) shows. Adjusted for inflation, food consumption spending rose by 2.3% in real terms during the period.
Opinion: PM Orbán Announces Pension Hikes
- 3 Dec 2016 7:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist welcomes the Prime Minister’s decision to increase pensions. A left-wing commentator, on the other hand, accuses the government of vote hunting.
Tóbiás: 2017 Pension Rise ‘Humiliating, Unfair’
- 3 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist Party leader József Tóbiás called the government’s planned 0.9% pension rise for next year “humiliating” and “unfair”. He said next year’s pension plan, which would increase pensions by an average of 1,000 forints (EUR 3.19), indicated that the government has “given up” on pensioners. Meanwhile, the government plans to raise the salaries of state-owned company executives and the central ...