Hungary state debt at 70.9 pc of GDP at the end of Q3

Hungary's state debt, calculated according to Maastricht rules, stood at 70.9 percent of GDP at the end of September 2018, down from 71.8 percent of GDP at the end of June, the National Bank of Hungary said on Monday concerning Hungary's preliminary financial accounts. The state debt ratio in Q3 2018 fell from 72.1 percent in the same period a year earlier. The ratio, which includes Eximbank, was at 72.8 percent in Q3, down from 73.8 percent in Q2 and down from 74.2 percent twelve months earlier.