IMF Sees Hungary's Economy Contracting 6.1% This Year, Then Rebounding & Expanding

  • 14 Oct 2020 8:26 AM
  • Hungary Matters
IMF Sees Hungary's Economy Contracting 6.1% This Year, Then Rebounding & Expanding
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects Hungary’s economy will contract by 6.1% this year, but rebounding and expanding by 3.9% in 2021, in its latest World Economic Outlook.

The forecast was lowered from a 3.1% contraction, but raised to a 4.2% expansion in the previous WEO released in mid-April, shortly after the country went into pandemic lockdown.

Hungary’s finance ministry earlier projected a 5-6% decline in GDP for this year.

The IMF sees Hungary’s unemployment rate reaching 6.1% this year, but going down to 4.7% in 2021.

The IMF expects Hungary’s current-account deficit to widen to 1.6% of GDP this year.

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