New Govt To Continue Strict Fiscal Policy
- 24 May 2018 6:36 AM
- Hungary Matters
Hungary’s finance minister, Mihály Varga (pictured on top left), has said that the government will not veer away from its pursuit of a strict fiscal policy.
Varga said in an interview to public television that the budget before 2010 had destabilised the economy, and efforts since to shrink the public debt and stick to a low budget deficit had led ratings agencies to improve their evaluation of the country’s sovereign debt, while the European Union stopped its excessive debt procedure against Hungary.
“We don’t want to give up any of this in the next few years, since the aim is not to upset a result we’ve achieved ... but to build on it with new economic initiatives,” Varga said.
Hungary wants to preserve the current growth rate of around 4%, he said in a separate interview to public radio, adding that new tax cuts were planned while fresh investments would be coming on tap.
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