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Good end-of-year performance from retail trade
In December 2017 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented by 4.7 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was 5.9 percent – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
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Prices grew by 2.4 percent on average last year
In December 2017 consumer prices were 2.1 percent higher than in December 2016. Food prices increased by 3.5 percent. The price of egg soared by 39.4 percent, dairy products’ price...
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Home delivery may become more expensive this year
In the 3rd quarter of 2017 prices were growing rapidly for postal and courier services in Hungary, by nearly 10 percent. According to Ádám Bengyel, the CEO of Hungary’s No.1 parcel...
Read moreKSH: Foreign trade surplus decreased to 8.2 billion euros in 2017
The Hungarian foreign trade closed last year with a surplus of 8.234 billion euros, which is 1.487 billion euros less than in the previous year, according to a first estimate...
Read moreKSH: Tourism grew by 6.7 percent last year
Last year, the number of nights spent by foreign guests was 7.9 percent, while the number of nights spent by domestic guests was 5.6 percent more than the year before,...
Read moreDynamic growth in retail sales continues
Retail sales will increase in the next few months at a rate similar to last year, according to analysts interviewed by MTI. On the basis of the data released by...
Read moreKSH: retail sales increased by 4.8 percent last year
Together with the 4.7 percent increase in December, retail sales grew by 4.7 percent last year as a whole, compared to the previous year. According to the calendar effect adjusted...
Read moreKSH: foreign trade surplus has decreased
Last November, the euro-denominated exports grew by 6.4 percent, imports increased by 8.1 percent year-on-year, and foreign trade surplus was 84 million euros less: 713 million euros, according to the...
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Analysts: the labor market has reached full employment
The Hungarian labor market has reached the state of full employment in economic terms in 2017, which is why the unemployment rate may decline only marginally this year – market...
Read moreInflation was 2.5 percent in November
In November, annual inflation was again 2.5 percent, compared with the previous month, consumer prices increased by 0.4 percent on average – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Friday....
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KSH: employment remained at a 68.8 percent record level
In the fourth quarter of last year, the average number of employees was 4 million 447 thousand, 36 thousand ie 0.8 percent more than a year before. The employment rate...
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Censuses in the orchards again
There will be orchard census in Hungary between 14 February and 16 April. Compared with previous censuses, the list of fruit species is expanding – agrarszektor.hu wrote. According to the...
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NGM: The demand for industrial goods increases retail turnover
As the result of investments from household savings, the trade of non-food products continues to grow further this year – the Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of National...
Read moreKSH: Retail sales increased even higher than previously indicated
In November last year, retail sales were 6.7 percent higher than in the previous year, according to both the raw and calendar adjusted data, according to a second estimate of...
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Foreign trade: imports have increased
In October, exports in euro increased by 11.8 percent, imports increased by 17.0 percent, compared to the same period of last year, and after the 5.6 and 6.7 percent of...
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Heppenheimer is the top egg
This year, the Heppenheimer Egg was awarded with the Gold Ribbon Quality Certification. The trademark indicates the exceptional quality and flavor, and the goal is that the product awarded with...
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KSH: Tourism grew by 7.1 percent
In November last year, the number of nights spent by foreign guests increased by 8.7, while the number of domestic guests increased by 5.6 percent, compared to a year before,...
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The growth of agricultural producer prices has accelerated
In November last year, agricultural producer prices increased by 7.7 percent, compared to the same month of the previous year. The price of herbal products increased by 8.6, while the...
Read moreKSH: Consumer prices increased by 2.4 percent last year
Consumer prices rose by 2.4 percent on average in 2017, compared with the previous year and in December consumer prices were 2.1 percent higher than in the previous year –...
Read moreKSH: Growth in consumption and investment increase improve imports
The value of exports in euro was 6.1 percent higher in November last year, compared to the previous year, while imports increased by 7.8 percent in November last year. The...
Read moreKSH: Retail sales increased by over six percent
Retail sales grew by 6.4 percent in November last year, compared to a year before, both according to the calendar effect adjusted and raw data, according to the first estimate...
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The number of employees is close to four and half million
In the three months last September-November, the average number of employees was 4 million 450 thousand, 36 thousand more than a year before. The employment rate of the 15-64 year-olds...
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Analysts: the increase of average earnings may be over 12 percent this year
The October growth in average earnings was not a surprise, according to macroeconomic analysts interviewed by MTI, who are expecting an average 12-13 percent wage growth this year. According to...
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NGM: gross average salary can reach 300,000 forints this year
The gross average salary can reach 300,000 forints even this year and in January it can exceed 310,000 forints – Simon Attila, Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of...
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KSH: earnings grew by 12.8 percent in October
In October, gross average earnings were 295,800 forints, 12.8 percent more than a year before – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Wednesday. The average net earnings without family...
Read moreSzázadvég: the increase in wages explains the increase in retail turnover
October’s retail trade shows a significant increase, which can be explained by the increase in wages – Regős Gábor, economist of the Századvég Economic Researcher told M1 news channel on...
Read moreKSH: retail sales grew by 6.3 percent in October
In October, retail sales grew by 6.3 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year, according to both the raw and the calendar-adjusted data – the Central Statistical...
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KSH: the rise in agricultural producer prices continued in October
In October, the prices of plant products increased by 8.0 percent and the prices of live animals and animal products increased by 6.2 percent. As a result, agricultural producer prices...
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KSH: tourism has continued to grow
In October, the number of nights spent by foreign guests was 1.5, while the number of nights spent by domestic guests was 10.7 percent higher than in the previous year,...
Read moreKSH: agriculture closed an average year in 2017
Compared to last year’s record high yields, the output of Hungarian agricultural decreased by 6.1 percent. The performance of plant production decreased by 8.6 percent and livestock production by 3.2...
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