Hungary's fiscal reforms: impressive rhetoric but short on detail

The long-awaited ‘structural revamp’ of the public finances that was unveiled by Hungary’s government earlier today was big on rhetoric but short on detail. The bottom line is that the government’s plans to reduce debt and the deficit still appear overly reliant on a one-off raid on private pensions and optimistic assumptions on growth. The longer-term structural fiscal position remains fragile.

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