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Hungary´s Economy to Recover?
Published: February 7, 2013; 18:27 · (Vindobona)
Hungarian Minister of Economics György Matolcsy says that the country may achieve the turnaround this year. Last year, several adverse factors occurred at the same time, Matolcsy explained.
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In 2012, Hungary´s GDP was down by 1.5%, Matolcsy said today at a press conference. This is mainly due to the decreasing consumption, the catastrophic drought and the withdrawal of funds. Solely the drought has caused a GDP cut by 1.0%, he says. Furthermore, the EU has reduced subsidies by € 1.7bn, which corresponds to more than 1.5% of GDP. Besides that, domestic consumption shrank…
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