Tag "KSH"
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...
Read more
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...
Read more
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...
Read more
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...
Read more
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...
Read moreKSH: 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...
Read moreRetail 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...
Read moreKSH: 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...
Read more
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...
Read moreNGM: retail has been growing steadily for 56 months
Retail sales have been growing steadily for 56 months and in the next period similar growth can be expected – the Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of National...
Read moreKSH: retail turnover grew more than it was previously indicated
In February, retail sales volume grew by 6.6 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year, according to the raw and calendar effect adjusted data – the Central...
Read moreThere will be eleven billion people on earth by 2100
The UN estimates that the world’s population will grow from the current 7.4 billion to 11.2 billion in the next 80 years – portfolio.hu wrote, on the basis of the...
Read more
Tourism has reached another record
In February tourism reached a record again in Hungary, and domestic tourism was again the main driving force – the Hungarian Tourism Agency’s (MTÜ) chief executive officer told in response...
Read more
KSH: the number of employees grew by 70,000 in one year
From December 2017 to February 2018, the average number of employees was 4 million 441 thousand, 70 thousand more than a year before, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on...
Read more
EU money also contributed to last year’s investment record
According to a report by the Central Statistical Office (KSH), the level of investment was up a never-before-seen 16.7 percent in 2017, after the 16-percent decline in 2016. However, in the processing...
Read more
Agricultural producer prices increased by nearly 5 percent
In February agricultural producers’ prices increased by 4.9 percent compared to a year before, due to a 6.2 percent increase in the price of plant products and the 2.6 percent...
Read moreKSH: prices increased by 2 percent in March
In March, consumer prices were an average 2.0 percent higher than a year before. The greatest increase occured in the prices of spirits, tobacco and food products. Prices rose by...
Read more
February was a strong month in retail trade
In February 2018 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented by 6.5 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was the same – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
Read more
Major drop in egg’s price
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that 80 percent of Hungary’s agri-food import came from 10 EU countries; our five most...
Read more
KSH: the turnover of commercial accommodations increased by nine percent
In February, the number of foreign guests increased by 6.4, the number of guest nights they spent grew by 7.4 percent, while the number of domestic guests increased by 10.4,...
Read more
KSH: exports increased more than imports in February
In February, the value of exports in euro increased by 5.0, the value of imports in euro increased by 4.5 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year....
Read moreNGM: several factors are influencing the growth of consumption
In addition to the increase in the number of employees and real wages, the VAT cuts on individual product groups also have an impact on the increase in consumption –...
Read moreRetail sales expanded further
According to both the raw and calendar effect adjusted data, retail sales grew by 6.5 percent in February – according to the first estimate published by the Central Statistical Office...
Read moreRetail started the year well
According to the raw and calendar adjusted data, retail sales at unchanged prices increased by 7.5 percent year-on-year in January – according to the first estimate of the Central Statistical...
Read more
KSH’s exports rose again above 10 percent in January
Foreign trade surplus increased by 135 million euros to 698 million euros, according to the second estimate of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH). In the first estimate released on...
Read more
We eat less import salads
Hungary’s salad imports decreased significantly last year – Magyar Idők Online wrote. According to the data of the Central Statistical Office, last year a total of 1367 tonnes, 37 percent...
Read moreKSH: retail sales have increased even more than previously announced
In January, retail sales volume grew by 7.8 percent year-over-year, according to the raw and calendar effect adjusted data, according to the second estimate published by the Central Statistical Office...
Read more
Experts: tourism grew significantly in January
After last year’s record, the growth of the Hungarian tourism has not slowed down in January. The number of domestic guest nights in hotels has risen most dynamically – Guller...
Read more
KSH: the census of orchards will begin on 14 February
The Central Statistical Office (KSH) carries out a fruit plantation census between 14 and April 16 February – Tóth Péter, Adviser to the Agricultural Statistical Department of the Central Statistical...
Read more
Earnings increased significantly at the beginning of the year
In January, gross and net average earnings were 13.8 percent higher than a year before, which is a six-month peak. Growth was affected by the 8 percent increase in minimum...
Read more