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The GKI business climate index decreased in May
Date: 2025-05-22 13:01:27
According to a survey conducted by GKI Economic Research Co. – supported by the EU – both consumers and businesses became slightly more pessimistic in May compared to April. The...
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Márton Nagy: in the long term, we must return to investment-based economic growth
Date: 2025-05-22 11:36:21
In the long term, we must return to investment-based economic growth; consumption-based growth is unsustainable – said the Minister of National Economy on Thursday at the Portfolio Lending 2025 conference...
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KSH: Investment performance fell by 12.1 percent in the first quarter of 2025
Date: 2025-05-22 11:32:32
The volume of investments in the first quarter of 2025, according to raw data, fell by 12.1 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Compared to the...
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K&H Analyst Commentary: Hungarian wages continue to slow down
Date: 2025-05-20 11:40:23
Based on the current outlook, net real wages may increase by 3.8 percent this year. Wage dynamics have been slowing down continuously since the beginning of last year, and the...
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EU forecast: moderate growth expected despite global economic uncertainty
Date: 2025-05-19 11:42:16
Despite heightened global political uncertainty and trade tensions, the European Union’s economic growth will moderate this year, with GDP growing by 1.1 percent in the EU and 0.9 percent in...
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Adjusted for inflation, household wealth has not grown as much
Date: 2025-05-16 12:26:19
The median net wealth of Hungarian households rose to 30.6 million forints by 2023 – but inflation and inequality cloud the picture. According to the latest “What do we live...
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Nothing is certain in the world, except taxes – or are they not even certain anymore?
Date: 2025-05-16 12:03:17
Coping with a dynamic and often unpredictable economic environment, effectively applying generative artificial intelligence in tax, and developing tax teams – these are the three key tasks facing tax leaders...
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Informal consultation of FAO European and Central Asian member countries in Hungary
Date: 2025-05-15 12:29:37
International organizations have a major role to play in overcoming the economic crises affecting Europe and Central Asia and in mitigating the severe impacts of climate change. Our cooperation is...
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K&H Analyst Commentary: Inflation Surprised
Date: 2025-05-12 10:10:38
April inflation was higher than expected. There is a lot of uncertainty about the future, and according to the current situation, annual inflation may be below 4.5 percent. In April,...
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GKI Analysis: Without EU funds, the domestic economy would just flounder
Date: 2025-05-09 12:37:08
On May 1, Hungary marks the 21st anniversary of joining the European Union. Beyond hard-to-measure benefits like duty-free exports, capital inflows, and labor mobility, EU financial support has had a...
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The tourism industry has declined – but it is still one of the best-performing sectors of the economy
Date: 2025-05-09 11:20:20
The Tourism Business Index (TKI) stood at -6 points in April, according to a joint measurement by the Hungarian Tourism Association Foundation, VIMOSZ and GKI Economic Research Ltd. The indicator...
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Márton Nagy: the most important task is to boost economic growth
Date: 2025-05-08 10:55:08
Minister of National Economy Márton Nagy called the most important task to boost economic growth, raising it above 3 percent, at the 4th Oradea Economic Conference on Thursday. At the...
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KSH: retail turnover exceeded the same period of the previous year by 0.4 percent, decreased by 0.5 percent compared to the previous month
Date: 2025-05-07 12:51:20
In March, the volume of retail sales in Hungary decreased by 0.4 percent based on raw data, while calendar-adjusted (and Easter-adjusted) data show a 0.4 percent increase compared to the...
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NGM is satisfied with the increase in retail turnover Visszajelzés küldése Oldalsó panelek Előzmények Mentve Fordítási találatok állnak rendelkezésre
Date: 2025-05-07 12:05:41
The March slowdown in retail sales is merely a temporary, technical phenomenon, the background of which is the Easter effect, meaning that in 2024 Easter fell at the end of...
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Viktor Orbán spoke about the extension of the margin freeze
Date: 2025-05-02 11:56:06
A decision on extending the margin freeze to household and toiletries products may be made at next week’s government meeting, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Kossuth Radio. The announcement...
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Eurozone manufacturing activity improved in April, but still shows weak performance
Date: 2025-05-02 11:17:01
The pace of decline in eurozone manufacturing activity slowed to its slowest pace in 32 months in April, according to the purchasing managers’ index (BMI) from S&P Global and HCOB...
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KSH: in March, the number of guests was 1.1 percent lower and guest nights were 5.9 percent lower than a year earlier
Date: 2025-04-29 11:23:15
In March 2025, 1.1 million guests spent nearly 2.7 million guest nights in tourist accommodation (commercial, private and other). Due to Good Friday and Easter, which fall entirely in April...
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China would stimulate domestic consumption with tax refund relief
Date: 2025-04-25 10:34:37
China has taken another step to boost weak domestic demand by lowering the threshold for tax refunds for foreign tourists, the Ministry of Commerce and other government agencies announced in...
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Confidence in the global economy plummets due to US tariff war
Date: 2025-04-22 14:39:01
The economic confidence indices of the world’s leading economies have deteriorated significantly due to trade tensions caused by US tariff measures, according to the Tiger Index compiled jointly by the...
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Average earnings continued to increase
Date: 2025-04-21 10:04:57
According to the latest data from the Central Statistical Office, in February 2025, the gross average salary exceeded 661 thousand forints, which represents an increase of 56 thousand forints, or...
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Eurozone industrial production exceeded expectations in February
Date: 2025-04-15 11:54:47
Eurozone industrial production rose more than expected in February, both month-on-month and year-on-year, Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics office, said on Tuesday. Eurozone industrial production rose by 1.1 percent in...
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Hungary’s economic vulnerability: causes, consequences and possible solutions
Date: 2025-04-14 11:32:15
The economic developments of recent years have once again drawn attention to the vulnerability of the Hungarian economy. The declining growth, the fluctuating forint exchange rate and the runaway inflation...
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Hungary remains a recommended investment destination
Date: 2025-04-11 12:09:01
Hungary’s financial situation is stable, and our country remains a recommended investment destination. Standard and Poor’s, the international credit rating agency, has once again affirmed Hungary’s sovereign debt rating and...
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Less entrepreneurship, more difference – this is how the number of companies changed by county between 2022 and 2024
Date: 2025-04-09 11:49:41
While the number of businesses decreased nationwide, completely different processes were taking place in the background in the Hungarian counties. Budapest lost its momentum spectacularly, while Győr-Moson-Sopron was even able...
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(HU) Dr. Matura Tamás: Előfordulhat, hogy az USA ledolgozza magát Kína szintjére
Date: 2025-04-08 05:09:54
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NGM: domestic economic processes are developing favorably, industrial performance is held back by weak external demand
Date: 2025-04-04 12:12:25
Domestic economic processes are developing favorably, the performance of industry is being held back by weak external demand – this is how the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) commented on...
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Eurozone service industry performance growth accelerated in March
Date: 2025-04-03 11:30:33
The growth rate of the eurozone’s services sector performance accelerated in March, according to a joint survey by S&P Global Market Intelligence and Hamburg Commercial Bank AG, released on Thursday....
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Márton Nagy: Retail turnover growth is currently in the 4-5 percent range
Date: 2025-03-31 12:29:31
This year is the year of economic breakthrough, with growth above 3 percent in the second half of 2025, and a dynamic expansion of GDP expected in the following years,...
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The economic sentiment index deteriorated in the EU and the euro area in March, but improved in Hungary
Date: 2025-03-31 11:26:49
The economic sentiment index in the euro area and the European Union deteriorated in March compared to the previous month, while it improved in Hungary, according to a survey by...
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NGM: 2025 is the year of breakthrough, catching up will not be stopped
Date: 2025-03-27 11:45:18
According to Eurostat data published on Thursday, in 2024, Hungary’s GDP per capita measured at purchasing power parity was 77 percent of the EU average, ahead of Slovakia, Latvia, Greece...
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