Hungary's international business daily

March 12, 2010, 9:39 CET

Finance ministry expects smaller economic contraction of 0.2% in 2010

Hungary's finance ministry expects a smaller economic contraction of 0.2 percent in 2010 than its earlier forecast of 0.3 percent, the deputy finance minister told a news conference on Thursday.

Tamas Katona also said the budget deficit target of 3.8 percent of gross domestic product was still attainable in spite of a large shortfall in February.

The budget deficit was 381.9 billion forints in February, around 40 percent of the full-year target.

TAGS:   politics   tamas katona
Latest News

Recent Comments:

#3
earthworm: There can be some genuine concerns about the long term effect of key national assets like land fall... from "Government reportedly ready to submit request for extended land purchase ban"
#2
earthworm: A government that subsidises the running of a funfair (vidampark) can hardly be expected to let th... from "Government transfers cash to Malév, preventing aircraft repossessions"
#8
Tanar: Yes, the whole 'pot' is smaller, Szabadman that's true. Perhaps it would be useful if the government... from "Teachers want 13th-month salary back"
#1
Donian: Yeah, why call it the "Economics Ministry" when you can call it the "Ministry for National Economy"?... from "Economy Ministry should have given the French Institute a quick call"
#2
wolfi: MKB's parent Bavarian State Bank (Bayerische Landesbank) took a beating most of its losses are repo... from "MKB racks up Ft 52 billion loss in H1 as provisions grow"
The latest news from the other member sites of the All Hungary media network

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare is_valid_email() (previously declared in /var/www/allhungary.hu/mt/php/mt.php:716) in /var/www/allhungary.hu/mt/php/mt.php on line 722