Government cuts energy prices
Pro-government commentators welcome the government’s plan to nationalize gas providers and reduce energy prices. The leading left-wing daily, on the other hand, cautions against what it calls...
View ArticleThe war around utility tariffs
The planned legislation on a 10% reduction in all utility prices for households is described as a popular but risky move by business analysts, while partisan commentators criticise or praise it...
View ArticleRestrictions on movement to fight the virus pandemic
As the government announces a partial curfew in an effort to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, commentators ponder the implications for the pandemic and the lives of ordinary Hungarians. On...
View ArticleLeft-wing weeklies on the freezing of fuel prices
Two left-wing weeklies condemn the government in unison for freezing the prices of petrol and diesel. In an unsigned editorial, 168 óra finds it absurd that the government imposed a cap on fuel prices...
View ArticleGovernment caps price of basic foodstuffs
Opposition-leaning outlets lambast the decision announced by the Prime Minister to freeze the price of white sugar, white flour, milk, chicken breasts, pork shanks and sunflower oil at October levels....
View ArticleExperts comment on food price caps
A leading liberal outlet believes the government may have made mistakes by capping the prices of basic food products, but by and large, the decision seems rational from an electoral point of view....
View ArticleAn alt-left take on food price caps
An alt-left commentator calls on the Left to offer even broader and more systematic price controls to defend Hungarians suffering from pro-market economic policies which favour multinational companies....
View ArticleGovernment extends price caps
Pro-government analysts welcome the government’s decision to keep prices down as a pragmatic social policy at a time of rapid inflation. Left-wing and liberal commentators see price caps as political...
View ArticleFuel price cap scheme narrowed down
An investment banker thinks that fuel consumption is unlikely to recede as long as most Hungarians still have access to cheap petrol. After MOL, the Hungarian oil and gas multinational had warned about...
View ArticleRussia cuts oil supplies
The crude oil flow through the Friendship II pipeline has been suspended for six days. A business website weighs the options that remain open to Hungary. Russia closed the tap on the pipeline which...
View ArticleSpeculation about Hungary’s economic outlook
Left-wing and liberal analysts blame the government and the National Bank for the high price Hungarians are paying to regain the trust of the markets. A pro-government pundit is optimistic that Hungary...
View ArticleNew price caps announced
An independent analyst and a pro-government blogger express opposing views on the government’s decision to impose price caps on potatoes and eggs – among other basic products. On Menedzsment Fórum,...
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