According to preliminary estimates, the general government deficit-to-GDP ratio was below the EU benchmark for the eighth consecutive year, which has allowed the debt ratio to show the most dynamic decline in the last two decades, the Ministry of Finance said, according to adozona.hu. 

The European Investment Bank (EIB) on Friday signed a EUR 47 mln loan agreement that will support a fleet upgrade at Hungaryʼs state-owned bus company Volán, the European Commission said, Hungarian news agency MTI reports.

Outstanding stock of forint retail government securities rose HUF 281.5 billion to HUF 9.074 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2019, almost entirely due to subscription of the Hungarian Government Security Plusz bonds which launched in June, the Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) said on Friday, state news wire MTI reports.

European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Ministry of Finance of Hungary signed a EUR 150 million loan for construction and rehabilitation of eight schools, 16 classroom extensions and 20 new sports halls in schools, as well as construction of 26 swimming pools and 17 larger gymnasiums in public schools across the country.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold a combined HUF 61 billion of securities at auction on Thursday, cutting its offer for T-bills, but selling more than planned of a floating-rate bond, state news wire MTI reports.

Indonesia and Hungary will establish a USD 500 mln joint investment fund to support the participation of Hungarian companies in big Indonesian infrastructure investments in transport and water management in the coming years, Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó said after holding talks in Jakarta on Thursday.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold HUF 40 billion of bonds maturing in 2026 and 2031, accepting ones expiring in 2022 as payment at a switch auction on Wednesday, state news wire MTI reports.

Hungaryʼs cash flow-based general government, excluding local councils, ran a HUF 1.219 trillion deficit at the end of December, the Finance Ministry confirmed in a second reading on Wednesday, state news wire MTI reports.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) will be buying back USD 1 billion of high-interest rate government bonds, Finance Minister Mihály Varga told state news wire MTI on Tuesday.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold HUF 37.5 billion of discount three-month T-bills at auction on Tuesday, raising its original offer by HUF 7.5 bln on continued strong demand by primary dealers, Hungarian news agency MTI reports.

Some 11.1% of households in Hungary were unable to pay their utility bills on time in 2018, well above the European Union average of 6.6%, according to a recently released report by statistical agency Eurostat.

About four times as many investments came to Hungary last year through the Investment Incentive Scheme than in 2009, the last full year of the liberal government, according to Tamás Menczer, State Secretary for Information and International Representation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, writes origo.hu.

Subscription of Hungarian Government Securities Plusz bonds for retail investors has reached almost HUF 3.377 trillion, weekly data released by the Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) on Monday show, according to a report by Hungarian news agency MTI.

National Bank of Hungary (MNB) governor György Matolcsy called for a reform of the eurozone and a rethinking of the Maastricht criteria at the central bankʼs annual Lámfalussy Lectures on Monday, state news wire MTI reports.

According to London financial analysts, growth in the Hungarian economy may have reached 5% last year. In 2020, this is expected to slow down by one and a half percentage points, writes azuzlet.hu. 

Some 16 Hungarian exhibitors are showing at this yearʼs Internationale Grune Woche farm and food fair in Berlin, where the Hungarian stand was opened by Minister of Agriculture István Nagy on Friday, Hungarian news agency MTI reports.

The government and the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) are committed to the continuous improvement of the road and rail network, the "toolbox of public transport", which serves the country’s economic interests as well as the safety and comfort of Hungarian people and families, Parliamentary State Secretary Tamás Schanda said at a joint press conference with Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) in Budapest, writes origo.hu. 

Farmgate prices in Hungary were up 5.2% year-on-year in November, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Thursday, state news wire MTI reports.

Some 70% of companies with at least 10 employees in Hungary provided mobile devices with access to the internet to their staff in 2019, according to data by Eurostat, the official statistical agency of the European Union.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold a combined HUF 79 billion of bonds at auction on Thursday, HUF 19 bln more than planned, state news wire MTI reports.