Hungary's inflation rate soared to 15.6% in August

Xinhua News Agency, Budapest, September 8th (Reporter Chen Hao) Preliminary statistics released by the Central Statistics Bureau of Hungary's Central Statistics show that it is mainly promoted by food prices. The highest since May.

This increase is higher than 13.7%in July, which meets the expectations of experts, which is much higher than the 3.0%target set by the National Bank of Hungary.

Data show that in the past 12 months, the price of food and durable consumer goods has increased the largest. Although the Hungarian government stipulated the price of the six basic foods in January this year, the price of food in August rose 30.9%year -on -year, and the month -on -month increased by 3.3%; the price of durable consumer goods rose by 14.8%year -on -year, an increase of 1.2%month -on -month. In addition, the core inflation rate of energy and food prices in August was 19%, which was higher than 16.7%in July.

Local media believes that with the continued rising energy prices, Hungarian inflation will further intensify, and the inflation rate may exceed 20%of the psychological barrier in the next few months.

According to the Forecast of the Hungary National Bank, Hungary's inflation rate will be between 11%and 12.6%this year.

【Edit: Tian Boqun】

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