TY - BOOK ID - 84547508 TI - Hungary : Staff Report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 2005 SN - 1462340326 1452780749 1280889934 1451881797 9786613731241 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Exports and Imports KW - Inflation KW - Labor KW - Macroeconomics KW - Public Finance KW - Debt KW - Debt Management KW - Sovereign Debt KW - Current Account Adjustment KW - Short-term Capital Movements KW - Price Level KW - Deflation KW - International Lending and Debt Problems KW - Fiscal Policy KW - International economics KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - Current account deficits KW - Public debt KW - External debt KW - Government debt management KW - Balance of payments KW - Prices KW - Public financial management (PFM) KW - Debts, Public KW - Debts, External KW - Fiscal policy KW - Hungary KW - Income economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84547508 AB - This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Hungary’s economy achieved valuable gains in 2004 with GDP growth recovering to 4 percent. The growth was supported by strong investment and robust export growth. Consumption slowed in response to rising unemployment, a moderation in wage growth and a tightening of the housing subsidy scheme. Despite these favorable developments, risks associated with the twin deficits remained. Although some fiscal consolidation has taken place, the twice upward-revised fiscal deficit target was not met. ER -