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Food prices grew above the average in May

In May 2018 consumer prices were 2.8 percent higher on average than a year before. In comparison with May 2017, food prices increased by 3.8 percent. Egg’s price soared by...

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Wine trading surplus

Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that Hungary’s live pig export fell 14 percent in the first quarter of 2018....

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KSH: tourism stagnated due to the high base in April

In April, 0.8 percent more foreign visitors spent 2.2 percent less guest nights in hotels in Hungary, while the number of domestic guests increased by 0.3 percent and the number...

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KSH: consumer prices increased by 2.8 percent in May

In May, consumer prices were on average 2.8 percent higher than in the previous year and 0.6 percent higher than in the previous month, according to the data of the...

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KSH: GDP grew by 4.4 percent in the first quarter

In the first quarter, gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 4.4 percent. Seasonally and calendar effect adjusted, the growth was 4.7 percent, compared to the same period of the previous...

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Imports rose more than exports

In the first quarter, the value of exports in euros was 3.4, the value of imports in euros was 3.9 percent higher than in the same period of last year,...

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Services, consumption and investment have led the economy

The volume of gross domestic product (GDP) was 4.4 percent higher than the one-year-earlier figure in the first quarter. The 4.9 percent growth of services, the 5.0 percent growth of...

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Food imports have grown

The value of exports calculated in euros increased by 3.7 percent, while imports decreased by 1.1 percent, compared to March last year. Foreign trade surplus decreased by 255 million euros...

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The amount of food per capita reached 680 kilograms in 2016 in Hungary

The amount of food per capita reached 680 kilograms in 2016, according to the latest “Food Balances” publication of the Central Statistics Office (KSH) – Világgazdaság Online wrote. In Hungary,...

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The consumer spending of households grew by 5.1 percent in real terms last year

The average monthly consumption per capita of the Hungarian population was 82,900 HUF in 2017. It is 7.6 higher at an average price and by 5.1 percent higher in real...

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KSH: In March the turnover of hotels increased by 13 percent

In March, the number of guest nights spent by foreign guests was 10.1, while the number of guest nights spent by domestic guests was 16.5 percent higher than in the...

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KSH: double-digit growth continued in earnings

In February, gross average earnings increased by 11.9 percent compared to a year before and reached 306 500 forints. In the first two months of the year, gross and net...

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Magazine: February brought a 4.9-percent production price increase in agriculture

According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), in February 2018 agricultural production prices were 4.9 percent higher than in the same period of 2017. This rise was the...

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The area of orchard plantations can grow

On the basis of the preliminary data on fruit plantation censuses, the area of orchard plantations can grow by around 17,000 hectares from the current 73,000 hectares over the next...

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KSH: employment grew in February and April

During the February-April period, the average number of employees was 4 million 445 thousand, 67 thousand more than a year before. The employment rate of the 15-64 year olds grew...

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Analysts: earnings growth accelerated in January surpassing the expectations

Following the increase in minimum wages and the shortage of skilled workers, the KSH reported on a salary increase exceeding the expectations in January. The pace of growth in earnings...

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The rise in earnings lags behind expectations

The rate of rise in earnings fell somewhat behind analysts’ expectations in March. One of the reasons of this was the base effect, that the rate of increase of the...

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KSH: the retail data has become even better

The raw volume of retail sales grew by 8.7 percent in March. The calendar effect adjusted volume of retail sales increased by 7.3 percent – mainly due to Easter –...

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KSH: earnings grew by 12.4 percent in the first quarter

With the 11.3 percent increase in March, earnings grew by 12.4 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period of last year – the Central...

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A salary difference of nearly 80 thousand forints between discount stores and small shops

Among retail chains discount supermarkets pay their blue-collar workers the best: at Aldi, Lidl and Penny they got a gross HUF 257,000/month on average in February 2018. Auchan, Spar and...

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Easter brought an egg price increase

In April 2018 consumer prices were 2.3 percent higher on average than a year before. In comparison with April 2017, food prices increased by 4.2 percent. Egg’s price soared by...

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Spring buzz in retail trade

In March 2018 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented 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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Both vegetable and livestock product prices became higher in March

According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), in March 2018 agricultural production prices were 2.5 percent higher than in the same period of 2017. This rise was the...

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Rise in Hungary’s live cattle export

Hungary’s live cattle export was 73 percent higher in January-February 2018 than in the same period of 2017. The main buyers were Turkey, Austria and Croatia – we sold more...

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Magazine: Food price increase above the average

In March 2018 consumer prices were 2 percent higher on average than a year before. In comparison with March 2017, food prices increased by 4.1 percent. Egg’s price soared by...

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Agricultural producer prices rose by 2.5 percent in March

Agricultural producer prices increased by 2.5 percent in March, compared to a year before. The increase of agricultural producer prices is due to the 2.6 percent increase in the price...

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KSH: consumer prices increased by 2.3 percent in April

Average consumer prices were 2.3 percent higher in April, than in the previous year and increased by an average of 0.7 percent, compared to the previous month – according to...

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Retail sales increased higher than expectated in the first quarter

The growth in retail sales in March surpassed the expectation of analysts, who suggest that gross domestic product could rise sharply in Q1. According to the first estimate published by...

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KSH: the Easter effect has increased retail sales

Retail sales increased by 8.5 percent in March. Calendary effect adjusted retail sales increased by 7.1 percent, compared to the same period of last year, mainly due to the Easter...

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KSH: number of employees increased by 67 thousand in one year

In January-March 2018, the average number of people employed was 4 million 435 thousand, 67 thousand ie 1.5 percent more than a year before, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported...

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