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The KSH renews earnings statistics
From January 2019, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) renews its collection of earnings statistics. The monthly earnings and earnings information will be collected from the National Tax and Customs...
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The turnover of commercial accommodations grew by 3.7 percent in November
In November last year, the number of foreign guests increased by 4.8 percent and approached 420,000. The 990,000 guest nights they spent were 1.6 percent more than a year before....
Read moreKSH: Prices rose by 2.8 percent last year and by 2.7 percent in December
Last year, consumer prices were on average 2.8 percent higher than a year before, when inflation was 2.4 percent year-on-year. In December, prices rose by an average of 2.7 percent,...
Read moreKSH: export surplus continued to decrease
In November last year, the value of exports in euro increased by 4.7 percent and imports by 7.3 percent, compared to the previous year. The foreign trade surplus fell by...
Read moreKSH: retail sales continued to increase
According to the raw data of last November, retail sales increased by 5.3 percent and calendar effect adjusted by 5.2 percent, compared to a year before – the Central Statistical...
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KSH: employment remained close to the peak
During the three-month period of last September-November, the average number of employees was 4,494 thousand, 44,000 more than a year before. The employment rate of the 15-64 year-olds increased by...
Read moreRetail sales continue to thrive
Retail sales in October increased by 6.4 percent. Calendar effect adjusted increased by 5.5 percent, compared to the previous year, according to a second estimate of the Central Statistical Office...
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Agricultural producer prices increased by more than 5 percent in October
In October, agricultural producer prices increased by 5.1 percent, compared to a year before, following a 6.2 percent rise in the previous month. The price of plant products increased by...
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Tourism Agency: domestic tourism increased remarkably in October
Domestic tourism has grown remarkably in October: compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of Hungarian guests grew by 9.6 percent, surpassing 530 thousand – Guller...
Read moreInflation is over three percent
In November, consumer prices were on average 3.1 percent higher than a year before, with an average decrease of 0.3 percent compared to October, according to the Central Statistical Office...
Read moreKSH: agricultural production increased by 3.1 percent in 2018
Agricultural output grew 3.1 percent this year after falling 5.2 percent last year. Crop production grew by 1.8 percent, while livestock production grew 5.7 percent, compared to the previous year,...
Read moreExports growing dynamically again
According to the first estimate of the Central Statistical Office (KSH), in October the value of goods exported in euro increased by 6.5 percent while imports increased by 9.7 percent,...
Read moreKSH: foreign trade intensified
In October, the export value of goods in euro increased by 6.5, and imports increased by 9.7 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year, according to a...
Read moreKSH: retail sales continued to grow
In October, the turnover of retail stores increased by 6.6 percent according to the unadjusted raw data, while calendar effect adjusted increased by 5.7 percent, compared to the same period...
Read moreGDP grew 5.2 percent in the third quarter even better than the preliminary data
Gross domestic product (GDP) was 4.9 percent higher than in the same period of the previous year in the third quarter. According to the seasonally and calendar effect adjusted data,...
Read moreKSH: the economic weight of SMEs is considerably lower than that their proportion
The economic weight of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is considerably smaller than their proportion. While SMEs provided job opportunities to almost two-thirds (65.2 percent) of the employees in...
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KSH: the income situation of households improved further last year
The income situation of households continued to improve in 2017, but their consumption expenditures also increased – the Head of Department of Quality of Life Statistics of the Central Statistical...
Read moreKSH: increase in investments accelerated in the third quarter
In the third quarter, the volume of investments was 22.1 percent higher, compared to the previous year, and after the 15.3 percent increase of the second quarter. Growth is driven...
Read moreKSH: more than half of the EU citizens purchased online last year
An average of 57 percent of the population of the European Union ordered goods via the Internet last year. The proportion of online buyers is much higher in the UK...
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KSH: the number of employees increased over 4.5 million
During the three-month period from August to October, the average number of employees was 4 million 502 thousand, 57 thousand more than a year before. The employment rate of people...
Read moreITM: retail sales continued to grow
Growth in retail sales was due primarily to the increase in sales in mixed, non-food stores and due to the growth in retail fuel sales – Pomázi Gyula, the Deputy...
Read moreKSH: retail sales continued to grow
Retail sales in September increased by 4.4 percent, compared to the previous year. Calendar effect adjusted, the growth was 5.4 percent higher, compared to the previous year – according to...
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KSH: earnings have continued to grow
In September, the gross average earnings were 322,800 forints, 10.4 percent higher than a year before. In January-September gross average earnings were 324 100 forints, net average earnings were 215...
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Prices were up nearly 5 percent
In October 2018 consumer prices were 3.8 percent higher on average than a year before. In comparison with October 2017, food prices increased by 4.6 percent. Seasonal product prices (potatoes,...
Read moreThe Hungarian economy was strong in the third quarter
According to the raw data, Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 4.8 percent in the third quarter of this year, compared to the same period of the previous year....
Read moreKSH: agricultural producer prices increased by 6.2 percent in September
In September, agricultural producer prices increased by 6.2 percent year-on-year. The price of vegetable products increased by 12.1 percent and livestock and animal products fell by 2.8 percent, the Central...
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Export momentum has continued to decline
In September, exports in euro declined by 2.3 percent, while imports rose 6.3 percent. Foreign trade surplus was 268 million euros, 699 million euros less than a year before –...
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KSH: Hungarians spend the most on food and non-alcoholic beverages
The average monthly average per capita spending of the Hungarian population was 88,600 HUF in the first half of this year, 8.8 percent more than in the same period of...
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KSH: domestic tourism grew by almost 8 percent in September
In September, the number of nights spent by domestic guests grew by 7.9 percent in commercial accommodation and the number of nights spent by foreign guests fell by 0.5 percent,...
Read moreKSH prices increased by 3.8 percent in October
In October, consumer prices were on average 3.8 percent higher than the previous year’s 3.6 percent increase. Prices on average increased by 0.5 percent, compared to September – the Central...
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