OGResearch Economists Write for Telex: Is 4 % Growth Realistic for Hungary?

 

January 20, 2026

In a new article published on Telex Defacto, Katalin Szilágyi, Anna Augusztin, and Áron Iker from OGResearch’s Budapest office examine Hungary’s medium-term economic outlook through the lens of productivity, labour supply, and capital, placing recent growth ambitions in a regional context.

Their analysis goes beyond headline growth targets and focuses on the structural factors that ultimately determine how fast the economy can grow, and for how long.

Read the full piece here in Hungarian:

https://telex.hu/defacto/2026/01/16/negyszazalekos-novekedes-realitas-termelekenyseg