Hungary will adopt the euro in 2019, Hungary Around the Clock reported, quoting the new euro convergence report of investment bank JP Morgan. In its previous report, the bank had set 2016 as a likely deadline. The reason for the delay is that Hungary does not meet the Maastricht requirement for state debt to stay below 60% of GDP. According to the bank report, the country needs to join the euro zone especially because of its significant stock of credits, denominated in foreign currency. |
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Hungary's investment funds had aggregate assets of HUF 3.657tn (EUR 11.98bn) as of end-February 2013, up by 3.2% m/m, MTI news agency reported citing data from the association of investment funds ... more
The number of employees in Hungary's public and private sectors fell for the tenth straight month in January 2013 declining by 0.6% y/y to 2.574mn, the statistics office informed. The decline ... more
The assembly of state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM) has approved the purchase of the local gas business of German power utility E.ON, Hungary AM reported, citing local daily Magyar ... more