The central budget had an excess of HUF 84.4 bln.
Separate state funds were HUF 34.3 bln in the black and the social insurance funds had a HUF 32.6 bln surplus.
The general government has had January surpluses for several years.
The full-year cash flow-based government deficit target is HUF 3.158 trillion.
The ministry noted that the government earlier reduced the full-year general government deficit target, calculated using the European Union's accrual-based accounting rules, to 4.9% of GDP, from 5.9% in the 2022 budget act.
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