160 result(s) for base rate cut
Parliament Votes To Reduce Payroll Tax
- 13 Dec 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Parliament approved a bill that reduces the payroll tax from 27% to 22% from next year, and to 20% from 2018. The bill adjusts the healthcare contributions accordingly, reducing them from 27% to 22% for 2017. Economy Minister Mihály Varga submitted the bill to parliament earlier in December.
OECD Lowers 2017 GDP Growth Forecast To 2.5 Pc
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- business
The OECD lowered its projection for Hungary’s GDP growth next year to 2.5 percent in volume terms in a forecast published on Monday from the 3.1 percent in the previous Economic Outlook released in June 2016. The OECD however improved its 1.6 percent summer projection for Hungary’s growth this year to 1.7 percent in the autumn edition of the World Economic Outlook.
Orbán: Cultural Shift Sees Hungarians Valuing Work
- 28 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the wage deal signed on Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said its most important message was that working in Hungary is worthwhile. In an interview to business daily Világgazdaság, Orbán said the deal reached with representatives of employers and trade unions was reached relatively quickly, showing that “players in Hungary’s economic life have not lost their common sense”.
Minimum Wages To Significantly Increase
- 24 Nov 2016 2:40 AM
- business
Wages for unskilled workers will be raised by 15% and for skilled workers by 25% in 2017, according to Hungary's economy minister, Mihály Varga. He said that in 2018 the minimum wages will be increased by a further 8% and 12%, respectively.
Xpat Opinion: Dispute Over Hungary’s National Bank Recruitment
- 10 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist criticizes the National Bank for hiring former counterespionage officers. A pro-government economist, on the other hand, alleges that its critics want to take revenge on the National Bank for cutting into the profit of financial speculators.
Introducing Hungary's Ruppert Winery
- 7 Jul 2016 8:00 AM
- specials
Let us introduce you to Ruppert Winery from western part of Villány. They will be one of our guest wineries at the next Xpat Wine Club event on 14th July at Hilton Budapest.
Hungarian CBank Cuts Base Rate 15 Bp
- 27 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungarian rate-setters cut the base rate by 15 basis points to 1.05% at a meeting on Tuesday, in line with market expectations. The National Bank of Hungary’s Monetary Council also narrowed its interest rate corridor, a band around the base rate that prevents extreme fluctuations of interbank rates, bringing the overnight collateralised loan rate to 1.30% while keeping the O/N central bank ...
Varga: Govt Aims For Lower VAT, But “Now Is Not The Time”
- 22 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s government aims to reduce the 27% general value-added tax rate in the long term, though “now is not the time” for a cut, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said in an interview in the fresh issue of business weekly Figyelő. “It would be nice if the VAT rate could be reduced and the top rate brought to 25% or lower. This is in line with the cabinet’s long-term intentions, but now is not the ...
NBH Deputy Governor: Bank To Continue Easing Cycle
- 24 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s central bank (NBH) will cut the base rate until it reaches a rate that is consistent with its inflation target, NBH deputy governor Márton Nagy told journalists. The bank wants to keep rate the key rate low for a sustained period, he said. The NBH’s inflation target is 3% in a +/-1 percentage-point tolerance band.
Parliament Votes To Reduce Payroll Tax
- 13 Dec 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Parliament approved a bill that reduces the payroll tax from 27% to 22% from next year, and to 20% from 2018. The bill adjusts the healthcare contributions accordingly, reducing them from 27% to 22% for 2017. Economy Minister Mihály Varga submitted the bill to parliament earlier in December.
OECD Lowers 2017 GDP Growth Forecast To 2.5 Pc
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- business
The OECD lowered its projection for Hungary’s GDP growth next year to 2.5 percent in volume terms in a forecast published on Monday from the 3.1 percent in the previous Economic Outlook released in June 2016. The OECD however improved its 1.6 percent summer projection for Hungary’s growth this year to 1.7 percent in the autumn edition of the World Economic Outlook.
Orbán: Cultural Shift Sees Hungarians Valuing Work
- 28 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the wage deal signed on Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said its most important message was that working in Hungary is worthwhile. In an interview to business daily Világgazdaság, Orbán said the deal reached with representatives of employers and trade unions was reached relatively quickly, showing that “players in Hungary’s economic life have not lost their common sense”.
Minimum Wages To Significantly Increase
- 24 Nov 2016 2:40 AM
- business
Wages for unskilled workers will be raised by 15% and for skilled workers by 25% in 2017, according to Hungary's economy minister, Mihály Varga. He said that in 2018 the minimum wages will be increased by a further 8% and 12%, respectively.
Xpat Opinion: Dispute Over Hungary’s National Bank Recruitment
- 10 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist criticizes the National Bank for hiring former counterespionage officers. A pro-government economist, on the other hand, alleges that its critics want to take revenge on the National Bank for cutting into the profit of financial speculators.
Introducing Hungary's Ruppert Winery
- 7 Jul 2016 8:00 AM
- specials
Let us introduce you to Ruppert Winery from western part of Villány. They will be one of our guest wineries at the next Xpat Wine Club event on 14th July at Hilton Budapest.
Hungarian CBank Cuts Base Rate 15 Bp
- 27 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungarian rate-setters cut the base rate by 15 basis points to 1.05% at a meeting on Tuesday, in line with market expectations. The National Bank of Hungary’s Monetary Council also narrowed its interest rate corridor, a band around the base rate that prevents extreme fluctuations of interbank rates, bringing the overnight collateralised loan rate to 1.30% while keeping the O/N central bank ...
Varga: Govt Aims For Lower VAT, But “Now Is Not The Time”
- 22 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s government aims to reduce the 27% general value-added tax rate in the long term, though “now is not the time” for a cut, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said in an interview in the fresh issue of business weekly Figyelő. “It would be nice if the VAT rate could be reduced and the top rate brought to 25% or lower. This is in line with the cabinet’s long-term intentions, but now is not the ...
NBH Deputy Governor: Bank To Continue Easing Cycle
- 24 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s central bank (NBH) will cut the base rate until it reaches a rate that is consistent with its inflation target, NBH deputy governor Márton Nagy told journalists. The bank wants to keep rate the key rate low for a sustained period, he said. The NBH’s inflation target is 3% in a +/-1 percentage-point tolerance band.