Victor Zsiday, an investment fund manager, believes that Hungary's budget deficit for 2023 will exceed the 6 percent forecasted by the Ministry of Finance. He considers the government's expectation of reducing the deficit to 2.9 percent by 2024 as unrealistic, given it could significantly slow down the economy. He also doubts the ability to reduce inflation to 4 percent, despite a government official's recent suggestion. Zsiday points out that further interest rate cuts could lead to a weaker Hungarian forint and that wage increases of over 10 percent would counter efforts to control inflation.