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Hungary’s fiscal woes an obstacle to EU-IMF deal

Fresh concerns about the Hungarian government’s willingness to accept the conditions for help from the EU and IMF have led to renewed tensions in its financial markets. Attention has focused on reforms (or lack of) to the controversial central bank law, but the sheer scale of Hungary’s fiscal problems may prove to be an equally large stumbling block.

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