Tag "KSH"
Statistical data about the hospitality sector in 2018
Date: 2019-08-20 07:12:44
Károly Zerényi, a member the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs’ (MVI) body of representatives has prepared a report on the performance of Hungary’s hospitality sector in 2018, based on the new-methodology...
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Analysts: GDP growth outperformed expectations in the second quarter
Date: 2019-08-15 11:40:31
The second quarter GDP growth has outperformed market expectations. Analysts interviewed by MTI are expecting faster growth for the year as a whole than the government and the central bank....
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KSH: GDP increased by 4.9 percent in the second quarter
Date: 2019-08-14 11:55:41
Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 4.9 percent in the second quarter and by 5.1 percent in the second quarter, according to seasonally and calendar-adjusted and balanced data, compared...
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KSH: the rise in agricultural producer prices accelerated further in June
Date: 2019-08-13 11:55:32
In June, agricultural producer prices increased by an average 10.5 percent, compared to the average of the previous year. The annual increase in crop and horticultural products jumped from the...
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KSH: the revenues of commercial accomodiations increased by 13.3 percent in June
Date: 2019-08-09 10:50:51
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...
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Consumer prices increased by 3.3 percent in July
Date: 2019-08-08 11:50:48
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,...
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The first-half annual export surplus is 3.3 billion euros
Date: 2019-08-08 11:40:18
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
Date: 2019-08-07 11:20:56
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
Date: 2019-08-06 11:40:38
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...
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KSH: retail sales increased by 5.2 percent in June
Date: 2019-08-02 11:45:27
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...
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KSH: exports increased more than imports in May
Date: 2019-08-01 11:25:38
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
Date: 2019-07-30 11:30:27
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
Date: 2019-07-30 11:20:18
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
Date: 2019-07-29 11:18:21
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...
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Hungary is getting closer to the average of the EU in Internet availability
Date: 2019-07-22 11:13:34
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...
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Domestic destinations are popular
Date: 2019-07-22 10:50:58
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
Date: 2019-07-19 10:58:00
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...
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Hungarians traveled more abroad and to Hungary than last year
Date: 2019-07-19 10:40:56
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...
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Hungarians are spending more and more, but traders are in a difficult situation
Date: 2019-07-16 11:40:22
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
Date: 2019-07-15 11:50:45
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
Date: 2019-07-11 10:55:41
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...
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Analysts expect annual inflation of around 3.5 percent
Date: 2019-07-10 11:30:59
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....
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KSH: the price of alcoholic beverages, tobacco and food products is at the forefront in inflation
Date: 2019-07-09 11:35:04
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...
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Exports grew stronger than imports
Date: 2019-07-09 11:25:36
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...
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KSH: retail sales increased by three percent
Date: 2019-07-04 11:50:48
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
Date: 2019-06-28 11:41:22
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
Date: 2019-06-27 11:25:29
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...
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KSH: revenues in the infocommunication sector increased by 7.8 percent in the first quarter
Date: 2019-06-25 11:05:58
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
Date: 2019-06-24 21:20:55
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...
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Croatia remains the favorite
Date: 2019-06-24 10:28:09
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...
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