Market News
The volume of investments may improve slowly
Date: 2010-06-01 00:01:50
The volume of domestic investments improved minimally by half percent, compared to the previous quarter, but still 6.4 percent below, compared to the level of a year ago. The situation...
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Mangalitsa is getting increasingly popular in the United States
Date: 2010-06-01 00:01:43
Fat revolution – this words were particular used by the Wall Street Journal in connection to the mangalitsa lard. The Hungarian mangalitsa is collecting the American fans. Gourmands and cooks...
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Fungal infections threaten the Earth’s wheat stocks
Date: 2010-06-01 00:01:25
The global production is in danger, because of the fungal species causing wheat disease. The four newly identified mutations spread from Africa to Asia. The Ug99, fungal disease has been...
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Deteriorating business and consumer sentiment in Europe
Date: 2010-06-01 00:00:50
In May, the business and consumer sentiment both deteriorated in the euro area: According to the datas of the European Commission, the overall index was 98.4 points in May, after...
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Six thousand billion HUF looking for a place
Date: 2010-05-31 00:01:44
From the 7,000 billion HUF callable EU funds between 2007-2013, 940 billion HUF appeared in the Hungarian economy. In the next few years, we can get a further 6000 billion...
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The multinational companies have the two-thirds of the tax benefits
Date: 2010-05-31 00:01:35
The multinational companies in recent years, received almost twice large tax benefits from the Hungarian state, than the Hungarian-owned companies – reports Magyar Nemzet, on the basis of the tax...
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Hail relief in Southern Transdanubia
Date: 2010-05-31 00:01:12
From the 1st of May Hungary’s only Hail relief system faced with the hail for fourteen times.. This year 128 million HUF will be spent for the operation of the...
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Card spendings increased in Europe
Date: 2010-05-31 00:00:40
According to the joint report of Visa Europe and Markit market research company; in the first quarter of 2010, Europe's population spent 9 percent more with card, than in the...
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U.S. consumer spendings do not change
Date: 2010-05-31 00:00:20
The U.S. consumer spendings were stagnated in April, while personal income, thanks to the improvement in the labor market, increased. According to the communication of the Ministry of Commerce; personal...
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Brazil will decrease the beer tax during the soccer World Championship
Date: 2010-05-31 00:00:10
Local brewers warned that they will not be able to meet the increased demand during the tournament. The government therefore announced that the imported canned beer tax will be decreased...
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Hungary is among the firsts in incorporate fraud
Date: 2010-05-28 00:01:50
The most common of corporate fraud can be found in Hungary, in the Central and Eastern European region – was said at the press conference of Ernst & Young. According...
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Reputation Rating for the second time: A Hungarian company is in the lead
Date: 2010-05-28 00:01:30
B&P Braun & Partners Reputation made the reputational ranking of the largest companies in Hungary. The research showed that Richter has the best reputation in Hungary today. On the second...
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Stagnant unemployment
Date: 2010-05-28 00:01:00
The rise in unemployment stopped in the three-month period of February to April: The unemployment rate was 11.8 percent, the same as in January-March – reported the Central Statistical Office...
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Improvement in the U.S. advertising market, have not seen for four years
Date: 2010-05-28 00:00:10
According to the datas of Kantar Media; in the first quarter of 2010, U.S. firms spent 31.3 million USD on advertising, 5.1 percent more, than a year earlier. The greatest...
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The OECD expects the growth of Hungarian economy already this year
Date: 2010-05-27 00:01:50
This year, the Hungarian economy can increase, since the revival of external demand offsets the weakness in domestic demand – states the projection of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...
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The Eastern European retailing is on the way of urbanization
Date: 2010-05-27 00:01:40
Shopping centers at all motorway exits – in the Eastern European capitals, retail trade is at the edge of the cities. This trend seems to turn in Budapest, Prague, Bratislava,...
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Retail’s fall may stop in the second half of the year
Date: 2010-05-27 00:01:30
Although on paper recession has ended, but the traders expect a further market decrease, in the first half of the year. The second six months, may bring stagnation. The participants...
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Sportswear beside canned food
Date: 2010-05-27 00:00:50
The largest sportswear brands open toward the supermarkets. Previously, the runway collections, or the B-class products were marketed in these places, now the latest sportswear trends will also appear among...
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Deteriorating consumer sentiment in Europe's largest economy
Date: 2010-05-27 00:00:30
According to the survey of GfK; The euro zone's financial crisis and the weakening euro start to impact on the consumer mood in Europe's largest economy, Germany. Thus, the consumer...
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4.6 percent turnover decline in retail sales
Date: 2010-05-26 00:01:48
The retail sales volume – adjusted from calendary day effect – decreased by 4.6 percent, in the first quarter of 2010 and in March by 4.0 percent, compared to the...
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Moroccan producer who exported contaminated pepper excluded from export
Date: 2010-05-26 00:00:53
According to Muláj Abbesz el-Kadiri Moroccan Ambassador, the exporter, who exported pepper contaminated with chemicals to Hungary will be excluded from export. The contaminated product was produced by a small...
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Industrial orders: 20 percent annual growth in the euro area
Date: 2010-05-26 00:00:40
The euro zone’s new industrial orders increased in an extent, have not seen for 10 years in March, which may be another indication that the second quarter, will occur well...
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Many shops can not give back from the twenty-thousand banknote
Date: 2010-05-26 00:00:20
According to the joint survey of the MasterCard and Bankkártya.hu joint in most of the shops in Budapest the change of the largest Hungarian bank not is still an impossible...
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Government program: focus on local food production
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:45
According to the rural chapters of the government program; The new government would terminate the multi tax nature of the food retail shelf money and would reduce the sales of...
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GKI index is on its pre-crisis level
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:38
In May, the value of GKI’s seasonally adjusted business climate index continued to rise. According to the survey, made by GKI Economic Research Co. (www.gki.hu), with the support of the...
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Decline in fruit and vegetables yield, due to rainfall
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:25
Due to the rainfall and the floods the fruit and vegetables yield, will be 10-15 percent less, but price increases are not necessarily expected. The experts questioned by the InfoRádió...
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Western Europe eats ducks rather than geese
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:10
The consumption of geese products decreased, partly due to the discrediting campaign of the Four Paws, partly because of the crisis in Western Europe. More and more customers are buying...
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The food industry should be treated as a strategic sector
Date: 2010-05-21 00:03:41
The food industry may ruin, if we fail to boost innovation – states the Hungarian National Food Technology Platform. According to their calculations; 45-50 billion HUF should be invested in...
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There is no ceasefire between the stores and the suppliers
Date: 2010-05-21 00:02:32
Next week, the suppliers will make a statement against those food retail chains, that are most violate the unfair trading practices law. The two major problems with the food retail...
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Széchenyi Card: 7.6 billion debt, from 750 billion
Date: 2010-05-21 00:01:20
The Hungarian companies has reached 750 billion HUF credit line through the Széchenyi card system. Currently 1600 companies are on the black list, but the bankruptcy rate is relatively low.The...
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