Hungary's economic rebound shakier with new crisis

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's economic recovery is starting to look vulnerable as anxieties grow about the new European debt crisis.

The central European country saw its economy rebound last year thanks to a booming export sector, a welcome change after years of pain. Hungary needed a bailout from the International Monetary Fund in 2008 as the global downturn exacerbated a domestic debt crisis, and the next year its economy shrank more than 6 percent.

Now experts worry that the economy — expected to continue last year's rebound with growth this year of more than 2.5 percent — could be dealt a new blow if Germans and other Europeans get cold feet about consuming. Such a …