HUNGARIAN INVESTMENT SENTIMENT SURVEY

“WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHALLENGES ON THE MARKET OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS?”

Product availability and politics are among the biggest threat to the Hungarian market in 2019 .

While globally the fear of a general economic slowdown has emerged as clear no. 1 threat to the investment markets (marked by 35%), in Hungary only a minority has expressed anxiety about a deteriorating economic environment (only 8%). Fear of unforeseeable politics is the rise both globally and in Hungary, while worries about rising interest rates seems to have faded compared to 2018 (marked by 16% globally and 10% locally). Domestically, the lack of available product coupled with with strained pricing seems to be the main issue for 2019 – 39% have marked this challenge as critical for the market evolution.