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More than 4.1 million people are employed in Hungary
Ministry of Finance, April 29, 2015 11:06 AM
According to the flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) published this morning, the number of those in employment has been rising steadily. In the period of January-March 2015, the number of those in employment aged 15-74 years increased year-on-year by 79 thousand, to 4 million 117 thousand, thanks mainly to the positive private sector job trend.
Awards for Successful Enterprises presented for the month of April 2015
Ministry of Finance, April 28, 2015 1:34 PM
It is impossible to sustain the competitiveness of the domestic economy without the success of enterprises, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga stated at the presentation of the “Awards for Successful Enterprises” for the month of April.
Favourable fiscal processes to remain
Ministry of Finance, April 24, 2015 10:35 AM
Thanks to higher tax revenues and prudent fiscal policy, the general government budget deficit in the first quarter of 2015 was lower than one year ago.
10th international conference on EU operative programmes held in Budapest
Ministry of Finance, April 24, 2015 10:10 AM
The Ministry for National Economy organized for the tenth time a two-day international conference with the title “Double Challenge: the Launching and Closing of Competitiveness Operative Programmes.”
State funding will not be lower at any sector or ministry next year
Ministry of Finance, April 23, 2015 9:33 AM
The Government has begun to discuss the budget bill of 2016 and it has been agreed that state funding cannot be lower at any sector or ministry, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at a press conference.
Mihály Varga and Shahin Mustafayev discussed expansion of economic relations
Ministry of Finance, April 22, 2015 10:23 AM
Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga received in his office Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev, where they discussed, among others issues, industrial and healthcare cooperation, the bolstering of tourism relations, the exchange of information on employment policy and SME development.
The 2016 budget is to be a budget of tax cuts
Ministry of Finance, April 21, 2015 5:23 PM
Next year, the personal income tax rate is planned to be cut from 16 percent to 15 percent, VAT on pork is projected to be lowered from the current 27 percent to 5 percent, and the family tax allowance is also set to be increased from the current HUF 10 000 per year for families with two children to HUF 20 000 by 2019, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga announced at a press conference following the presidency meeting of the Fidesz-KDNP ruling coalition.
Wages in real terms gained 5 percent at the beginning of 2015
Ministry of Finance, April 21, 2015 11:31 AM
In the initial two months of the year, wages in real terms grew outstandingly, by 5 percent, within the national economy – according to the flash report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) published earlier this morning.
Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga and EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici held talks in Washington
Ministry of Finance, April 20, 2015 1:08 PM
Mihály Varga and Pierre Moscovici discussed the EU country report on Hungary, on the sidelines of the regular spring meeting of the IMF held at the institution’s Washington headquarters.
General government debt must be further reduced and the number of exporters must be further increased
Ministry of Finance, April 16, 2015 3:08 PM
The level of general government debt must be reduced in the coming years, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at an event organized by the Hungarian Economic Association in Corvinus University of Budapest.