HUNGARIAN INVESTMENT SENTIMENT SURVEY

“HOW IS YOUR GENERAL BUSINESS SENTIMENT COMPARED TO 2018?”

93% of the respondents expect 2019 to be at least as successful as 2018 was.

70%

60%

60%

50%

40%

32%

30%

20%

7%

10%

2%

0%

0%

Much worse

Slightly worse

Same as last year

Slightly better

Much better

2018 was a very strong year on the Hungarian investment market with a turnover of ca 1.7 billion EUR and increasing capital values across all sectors. Based on Q1 figure, GDP growth has accelerated further – the economy expanded by 5.2% in a year. In line with sustainably high general economic sentiment and a GDP forecast well above the EU average for rest of 2019, it is understandable that the local investment community expects a similarly strong year like in 2018- with 60% anticipating 2019 to be as successful as last year. A third of the responders are even more optimistic, expecting 2019 business sentiment to be even stronger than last year.