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KSH: the revenues of commercial accomodiations increased by 13.3 percent in June
In June, the number of foreign visitors increased by 5.0 percent, while the number of guest nights increased by 3.7 percent, the number of domestic guests increased by 2.8 percent...
Read moreConsumer prices increased by 3.3 percent in July
In July, consumer prices were 3.3 percent higher on average year-on-year, and were 0.2 percent higher compared to June – according to the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Inflation declined further,...
Read moreThe first-half annual export surplus is 3.3 billion euros
In the first half of the year, the value of exports in euros increased by 3.2 percent and imports by 5.0 percent. The export trade surplus was 3,328 billion euros,...
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Analysts: industrial production data indicate a slowdown in economic growth
Economic growth peaked in the first quarter and a slowdown in GDP growth started in the second quarter, according to analysts interviewed by MTI on the first estimate on industrial...
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More hens, less pigs
The number of pigs in Hungary decreased by about 20,000 compared to a year ago, and by nearly 32,000 compared to December last year. The number of hens increased by...
Read moreKSH: retail sales increased by 5.2 percent in June
According to the raw data retail sales grew by 4.3 percent in June. The calendar effect adjusted growth became 5.2 percent year-on-year – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on...
Read moreKSH: exports increased more than imports in May
In May, exports were up 4.6 percent year-on-year and imports were up 2.9 percent year-on-year, so the monthly export surplus became 674 million euros, 181 million euros more – according...
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KSH: double-digit earnings growth again in May
In May, gross and net average earnings were 11.2 percent higher than a year before. After the 9.0 percent growth in April a double-digit growth occured in May. Excluding the...
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KSH: unemployment fell to 3.3 percent in the second quarter
In April-June, the average number of unemployed was 155,000, and the unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, a new record after the 3.4 percent of a month before. The indicators of...
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KSH: employment continued to grow in the second quarter
The average number of employees in the April-June period was 4 million 511,000, u 36,000 more than a year before. The average number of employees also exceeded 4.5 million in...
Read moreHungary is getting closer to the average of the EU in Internet availability
In 2018, 83 percent of the Hungarian households had Internet access and 58 percent of people used their mobile phones to access the Internet – Világgazdaság Online wrote on the...
Read moreDomestic destinations are popular
According to the KSH, the price of domestic holidays increased by 8 percent in one year, however, according to a survey, the number of Hungarians planning a vacation increased from...
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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...
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