KSH: monthly household expenditure decreased last year

The monthly consumption expenditure of households in Hungary was an average of 65 790 HUF per person last year. This is 2.1 percent lower than in 2011 – states the publication Central Statistics Office (KSH), entitled Statistical Mirror.

On the basis of the preliminary datas, the food consumption of households decreased by 0.6 percent in 2012. The home maintenance and household energy spendings – which make up more than 27 percent of the total spendings – declined by 1.3 percent in real terms.  (MTI