Ministry: Economy to avoid recession this year, expand by 4 percent in 2024

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the finance ministry said Hungary had faced “a number of economic policy challenges” since the last Convergence Programme update was submitted a year earlier because of the “perilous international environment”.

Disinflation will accelerate in the second half of the year, with inflation falling into single digits by the end of the year, the statement said.

The updated programme shows GDP growth accelerating to 4 percent in 2024 and climbing over 4 percent for the rest of the forecast horizon.

It shows unemployment staying below 4 percent in the coming years.

The document affirms this year’s deficit target of 3.9 percent of GDP and calculates with a falling deficit in the following years.

The public debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to fall to 63.9 percent by 2025, the ministry said.