Editing Economy of Hungary (section)

=== The fulfillment of the Maastricht criteria ===
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! !! colspan="5"|Convergence criteria !!rowspan="3"| Obligation to adopt <sup>4</sup> !! colspan="2"|Target date !! rowspan="3"| [[Euro coins]] design
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! rowspan="2"|Country <sup>1</sup> !! rowspan="2" |[[Inflation rate]]<small>²</small> !! colspan="2"|[[Forms of government|Government]] [[finances]] !!rowspan="2"|[[ERM II]] membership!!rowspan="2"|[[Interest rate]] <small><sup>3</sup></small> !! rowspan="2"|set by the country !!rowspan="2"| recommended by the [[European Commission|Commission]]
|- style="background:#ececec;"
! annual [[Forms of government|government]] [[Government budget deficit|deficit]] to [[GDP]] !! gross [[government debt]] to [[GDP]]
|- style="background:#ececec;"
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Reference value'''&nbsp;<sup>5</sup>
| max 3.2%
| max. 3%
| max. 60%
| min. 2 years
| max 6.5%
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''{{HUN}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2.7%'''
<small>(as of Dec 2020)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Inflation|url=http://www.ksh.hu/gyorstajekoztatok/#/en/document/far2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2.0%'''
<small>(fiscal year 2019)</small><ref>{{URL|https://www.ksh.hu/gyorstajekoztatok#/en/document/krm1912}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| '''66.3%'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Hungary Government Debt to GDP|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=teina225&plugin=1|website=ec.europa.eu}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| '''0 years'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''0.60%'''
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mnb.hu/en/Jegybanki_alapkamat_alakulasa|title=MNB.hu|website=www.mnb.hu}}</ref>
| yes
| 2019–2020
| N/A
| [[Hungarian euro coins|in progress]]
|}
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<sup>1</sup> Current EU member states that have not yet adopted the Euro, candidates and [[Enlargement of the European Union#Potential Candidate countries|official potential candidates]]. <br />
<sup>2</sup> No more than 1.5% higher than the 3 best-performing EU member states.<br />
<sup>3</sup> No more than 2% higher than the 3 best-performing [[EU]] member states.<br />
<sup>4</sup> Formal obligation for Euro adoption in the country EU [[Treaty of Accession 2003|Treaty of Accession]] or the Framework for membership negotiations.<br />
<sup>5</sup> Values from May 2008 report.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.int/pub/pdf/conrep/cr200805en.pdf |title=Convergence Report May 2008 |access-date=20 September 2009}}</ref> To be updated each year.<br />
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{{Historical currencies of Hungary}}