It looks increasingly likely that the Hungarian government will meet, or even outperform, its targets for reducing the budget deficit over the coming years. But with temporary revenue raising measures paying for permanent tax cuts, the underlying fiscal position looks set to deteriorate sharply. We expect the structural deficit to rise to 5% of GDP in 2011 – fully twice the size of the headline shortfall.
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