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KSH: fewer employees in tourism but better wages last year
Last year the businesses in the accommodation and hospitality sector employed 180,000 employees, 4.9 percent percent less people, compared to the previous year. The average earnings of employees increased by...
Read moreHungarians traveled more abroad and to Hungary than last year
Similarly to previous years, the number of domestic and foreign trips by Hungarians continued to increase – according to the sectoral analysis of the Central Statistical Office (KSH). According to...
Read moreHungarians are spending more and more, but traders are in a difficult situation
Payments are rising throughout the country. As a side effect a 10 percent increase in retail sales occured in 2018, compared to the previous year, according to the data of...
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KSH: the increase in agricultural producer prices slowed down in May
The annual increase in crop production prices decreased to 3.5 percent in May, from the 6.8 percent of April. While the increase in prices for live animals and animal products...
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In May, the turnover of hotels decreased by 2.4 percent
In May, foreign guests spent 1.6 percent fewer guest nights in commercial accommodations in Hungary, while the number of nights spent by domestic residents decreased by 3.4 percent, compared to...
Read moreAnalysts expect annual inflation of around 3.5 percent
This year, analysts interviewed by MTI are expecting 3.3-3.5 percent inflation based on the latest KSH data and do not expect significant monetary tightening from the central bank in 2019....
Read moreKSH: the price of alcoholic beverages, tobacco and food products is at the forefront in inflation
Consumer prices were on average 3.4 percent higher in June than a year before. Compared with May an average of 0.2 percent decrese in prices occured – the Central Statistical...
Read moreExports grew stronger than imports
In May this year, a surplus of 678 million euros was recorded for product and foreign trade, 285 million euros more than in May of the previous year, the Central...
Read moreKSH: retail sales increased by three percent
According to the raw data, retail turnover in May increased by 3.0 percent and calendar effect adjusted it was 2.6 percent higher than in May 2018, according to the Central...
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KSH: earnings increased by 9 percent in April
In April, the average gross earnings of full-time employees reached 371,100 HUF. By excluding public employees, the increase was 381,100 HUF which is an increase of 9.0 and 7.9 percent,...
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KSH: the number of employed is over 4.5 million again
The number of employees was again over 4.5 million, averaged over the March-May three-month period. Last time, the number of employees was so high in August-October last year. The number...
Read moreKSH: revenues in the infocommunication sector increased by 7.8 percent in the first quarter
Companies in the information and communication sector generated sales of 776 billion HUF in the first quarter of this year, 7.8 percent more, compared to the previous year – according...
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April produced an 8.5-percent growth in retail sales
In April 2019 like-for-like retail volume sales grew by 8.5 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was 7.1 percent – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
Read moreCroatia remains the favorite
According to the data of KSH, Hungarians are traveling more and more abroad: over the past ten years – between 2007 and 2018 – the number of trips across our...
Read moreThe pace of agricultural producer price increases is barely moderating
In April, producer prices increased by 6.6 percent after a 7.0 percent increase in March and an average 8.0 percent increase of the first two months – according to the...
Read moreKSH: The production of food, beverage and tobacco products grew by 11 percent
The growth rate of food, beverage and tobacco products accelerated: output in April increased by 10.9 percent year-on-year. The Central Statistical Office (KSH) registered a double-digit growth again after 15...
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KSH: the number of accommodations has increased
In April, foreign guests spent 4.0 percent more nights at commercial establishments in Hungary, and the number of nights spent by domestic residents increased by 2.3 percent, compared to the...
Read moreKSH: four-month export surplus is over two billion euros
In the first four months of the year, the trade surplus became 2.081 billion euros as an 5.3 percent increase occured in the value of exports in euro and 7.4...
Read moreKSH: retail sales were lively in April
According to raw data, retail trade turnover, was 8.5 percent higher in April, compared to a year before. Calendar effect adjusted, the growth was 7.1 percent, mainly due to the...
Read moreForeign trade: freight and tourism produced serious surpluses
In the first quarter, exports of services in euro increased by 4.5 percent and imports by 3.2 percent compared to the same period of the previous year – the Central...
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The rise in earnings was double-digit in March
In March, gross average wages increased by 10.2 percent to 367,000 HUF, compared to a year before – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced Thursday. The growth has been double...
Read moreKSH: investment growth accelerated in the first quarter
Investments increased by 26 percent in the first quarter after the 17 percent growth of last year. The strong upswing in investments was primarily driven by the development of enterprises,...
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Analysts: increasing employment face increasing constraints
Unemployment has fallen to nadir, but the pace of decline will continue to slow down as the quality of supply is rather low, only the unskilled labor has been left...
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KSH: the number of employees has increased
In February-April this year, the average number of employees was 4 million 492 thousand, 47 thousand more than a year before. The employment rate of 15-64 year-olds increased with 1.0...
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MTÜ: Hungarian tourism started the year well
According to the report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) published on Friday, foreign guests spent 4.1 percent less, domestic guests spent 4.7 percent less guest nights at domestic...
Read moreKSH: the Hungarian economy grew by five percent in the first quarter
According to the raw data, Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 5.3 percent. According to the seasonally and calendar effect adjusted and balanced data the Hungarian gross domestic product...
Read moreKSH: agricultural data collecting started in case of individual farms
Agricultural data collection began on Wednesday; the survey, which lasts until June 15, concerns 484 settlements in the country. The aim of the action is to explore the economic activity...
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In one year the price of potatoes and vegetables increased significantly
Portfolio.hu looked at the inflation data of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) in March, highlighting the sharp rise in food prices. In the consumer basket of KSH, foods have a...
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KSH: Easter effect determined the March tourism data
In March, the Easter effect determined the tourism statistics. While the number of nights spent by foreign and domestic guests decreased, compared to the third quarter of last year as...
Read moreKSH: consumer prices increased by 3.9 percent in April
In April, consumer prices were on average 3.9 percent higher than a year before, with prices rising 0.9 percent on average in March – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced...
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