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Abstract / Summary

Investors in Hungary benefit from the country's relatively stable operating environment, strategic geographic location with strong trade links to the wider region and a highly urbanised labour force with a strong skills base. As a member of the EU, Hungary offers open markets, an increasingly competitive corporate tax regime, while its geographic position means that it is a major sub-regional trade hub within Central and Eastern Europe, despite being landlocked. As such, Hungary is an established destination for FDI and receives an overall score of 61.4 out of 100 in BMI's Operational Risk Index, placing it in seventh place out of 11 Central and Eastern European states and 50th out of 201 countries globally. Despite an above-average score, Hungary ranks uncompetitively against its regional peers as investors face mounting risks associated with high utilities costs compounded by energy import-reliance, labour shortages in key sectors which dent competitiveness in key sectors such as manufacturing. It is important to highlight that over the medium term, increasing levels of state intervention in the economy and concomitant policy uncertainty will continue to dent investor sentiment.

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Business & Economics

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Copyright © 2017 Business Monitor International

Corporate Author

Business Monitor International

Content Type

Government/institutional document

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Text

Page Count

156

Publication Year

2017

Publisher

Business Monitor International

Place Published / Released

London, England

Subject

Business & Economics, Social Sciences, International Business, Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities, Negócios Internacionais, Negocios Internacionales, India

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Negócios Internacionais, Negocios Internacionales