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What’s behind the strength of Hungarian inflation?

The recent pick-up in Hungarian core inflation is partly a result of tax changes but also reflects rapid wage growth, and this is likely to cause underlying price pressures to continue to build. We think that this will result in additional monetary tightening this year and next.

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