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KSH: GDP increased by 4.8 percent in the second quarter
Gross domestic product (GDP) became 0.2 percentage points better than in the previously expected 4.6 percent in the second quarter, compared to the same period last year, according to the...
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KSH: export surplus was over 1 billion euros in June
In June, the value of exports in euro was 9.1 percent, the value of imports was 8.0 percent more than a year before, the surplus of foreign trade turnover was...
Read moreKSH: the volume of investments increased by 15 percent in the second quarter
The volume of investments increased by 15 percent in the second quarter of this year and was 13.4 percent higher than in the first half of the year – the...
Read morePM: investments in the field of transport and storage grew with the greatest extent
All sectors of the economy contributed to the dynamic expansion of investments, the largest increase was observed in transport and storage – Balogh László, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of...
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KSH: the number of employees continued to increase
The number of employees increased further in the three-month period in May-July. 4 million 484 thousand people was working in this period, which is 50,000 more than one year ago,...
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KSH: growth in earnings accelerated
In June, the average earnings of full-time employees were 11.2 percent higher than one-year-ago, after the 10.9 percent increase occured in May – the Central Statistical Office reported on Wednesday....
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Analysts: wage growth may remain double-digit this year
The rate of wage growth slowed down, but macroeconomic analysts told MTI that they expect wage growth of around ten percent or more at an annual average. According to the...
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The producer price of eggs dropped further
The figures of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) show that the number of hens has decreased in Hungary. While the number of hens was 35 million on 1 June 2018...
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Higher vegetable product and lower livestock prices
In June 2018 agricultural production prices didn’t change from the level of June 2017 – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). This situation was the result of vegetable product prices...
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Good first six months for retail trade
In June 2018 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented by 6.5 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was 6.1 percent – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
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Consumer prices up 3.4 percent in July
In July 2018 consumer prices were 3.4 percent higher on average than a year before. In comparison with July 2017, food prices increased by 3.6 percent. Egg’s price rose by...
Read moreKSH: economy increased by 4.6 percent in the second quarter
According to the raw data, Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 4.6 percent. According to the seasonally adjusted and balanced data, a 4.4 percent increase occured in the second...
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Agricultural producer prices were stagnant
In June, the agricultural producer prices increased to the same level as in the same period last year – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Tuesday. The price of...
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KSH: foreign trade surpluses in June broke a two-year record
In June, the value of exports in euros increased by 8.9 percent, while the value of imports in euro increased by 8.4 percent, compared to a year before. The foreign...
Read moreKSH: consumer prices increased by 3.4 percent
Consumer prices were 3.4 percent higher on average in July than in the previous year and 0.3 percent on average in June – according to the Central Statistical Office (KSH)....
Read moreKSH: retail sales increased by 7 percent in the first half of the year
In June, the turnover of retail stores calendar effect adjusted was 6.1 percent higher than in the same period of the previous year, reaching 6.9 percent for the first half...
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The KSH reported about nearly 600 million euros export surplus
In May, exports in euro were up 0.2 percent, imports increased by 2.9 percent, compared to the same period of last year. Foreign trade surplus was 596 million euros, 226...
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KSH: The number of employees increased further in the second quarter
The average number of employees was 4 million 475 thousand in the April-June period, ie in the second quarter, 55 thousand more than a year before. The employment rate of...
Read moreRetail sales grew above seven percent
According to the raw data, retail sales volume grew by 7.1 percent in May, compared to the same period of last year. Calendar effect adjusted, the growth was 7.7 percent...
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KSH: earnings grew by nearly 11 percent
The average gross earnings of full-time employees in May were 327 500 forints, 10.9 percent higher than a year before – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Friday. In...
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KSH: R&D expenditures increased by 21 percent in 2017
Last year, Hungary spent 517 billion forints for Research and Development (R&D), corresponding to 1.35 percent of the GDP. R&D expenditures have risen by 21 percent ie by 90 billion...
Read moreRetail trade is more and more concentrated
One citizen spent an average 2900 HUF a day on various retail stores in Hungary last year – the Világgazdaság Online quotes the data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office’s...
Read moreThe performance of logistics increased in the Hungarian economy
The yearbook of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) gives a very mixed picture of the past year’s data on transport and storage – Világgazdaság Online wrote. The compilers themselves, for...
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KSH: agricultural producer prices increased by 0.6 percent in May
Agricultural producer prices increased by 0.6 percent in May, compared to the previous year. The increase is due to a 4.6 percent increase in the price of vegetable products and...
Read moreKSH: the number of cattle and pigs increased, the number of sheeps dropped
Over the past year, the number of cattle increased by 15,000, while pig stocks by 50,000, however, the number of sheep decreased by 14,000 and the number of hens by...
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In August, the turnover of the hotels increased by 7.5 percent, with a 10 percent increase in revenues
In May, the number of nights spent by foreign guests were 7.6, while domestic guest nights were 7.4 percent higher than one year before – according to the Central Statistical...
Read moreInflation over three percent
Consumer prices were on average 3.1 percent higher in June than in the previous year and compared with May, increased by an average of 0.3 percent – the Central Statistical...
Read moreForeign trade surplus was 577 million euros in May
In May, the value of exports in euro was practically unchanged in annual terms, imports increased by 2.9 percent and foreign trade surplus decreased by 245 million euros to 577...
Read moreKSH: agricultural producer prices increased by 1.2 percent in April
Agricultural producer prices increased by 1.2 percent in April, compared to a year before. This is due to the 3.1 percent increase in the price of vegetable products and a...
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