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KSH: inflation declined to 2.1 percent in May
Consumer prices were an average 2.1 percent higher in May than in the previous year, inflation slowed down by 0.1 percentage point from the 2.2 percent of April. Compared to...
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Export value declined in April
In April, exports in euro were 1.6 percent lower, while imports were 0.4 percent lower than in the same period of last year, after the 19.0 and 21.3 percent increase...
Read moreNGM: retail sales are increasing for forty-six months
Hungarian retail sales have been rising steadily for forty-six months – Marczinkó Zoltán, Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) told M1 channel on Tuesday in...
Read moreKSH: growth rate of retail sales consolidated in April
In April, the volume of retail sales grew by 3.5 percent according to the raw data, while calendar effect adjusted, mainly due to the Easter effect increased by 2.0 percent...
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VAT and its effects
When the new VAT rates were introduced in January, many thought that the 5-percent VAT on poultry, fresh milk and eggs would result in a market restructuring, e.g. consumer demand will increase for these products,...
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Foreign trade balance: food exports reached outstanding results
In March, exports in euros were 19.0 percent higher, while imports were 21.3 percent higher than in the previous year, according to the second estimate of the Central Statistical Office...
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Analysts: investments have increased in record numbers
All expectations are far surpassed by the first-quarter growth in investments this year, which is a record – Macroeconomic analysts told MTI. According to the latest data of the Central...
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KSH: increasing investments in the first quarter
In the first quarter of this year, the volume of investments exceeded the low base of the same period of the previous year by 34.1 percent, when a 14.9 percent...
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The number of employees increased further
In the February-April period, the average number of employees was 4 million 378 thousand, 84 thousand, or 2.0 percent more than a year earlier. The employment rate for people aged...
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KSH: Growth in earnings continued to accelerate in March
Average earnings in March were 12.8 percent higher than a year before. Calculating without public employees the growth is 12.2 percent – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) told on Friday....
Read moreKSH: GDP grew by 4.1 percent in the first quarter
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 4.1 percent in the first quarter, compared to the same period of last year – according to the first estimate of the Central...
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KSH: agricultural producer prices increased
The decline in agricultural producer prices stopped in March. Prices increased by 1.4 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year, due to a 3.6 percent decline in...
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Inflation declined to 2.2 percent in April
Consumer prices were on average 2.2 percent higher in April than a year before, inflation slowed down by 0.5 percentage points from the annual 2.7 percent of March. Compared to...
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Foreign trade surplus may remain significant in the future
The foreign trade surplus may remain significant in the future, according to MTI’s macroeconomic analysts, who are expecting a further growth in exports in the coming months. According to preliminary...
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KSH: tourism grew by 4 percent in March
In March, the number of foreign guests increased by 9.0 percent, and the number of foreign guest nights increased by 8.0 percent to 946 thousand. The number of domestic guests...
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KSH: the foreign trade surplus in the first quarter is close to 2.5 billion euros
In the first quarter, exports in euros increased by 12.6 percent, and imports in euros by 14.6 percent compared to the previous year. The foreign trade surplus decreased by 72...
Read moreKSH: retail sales grew in March
According to the raw data, the turnover of retail stores increased by 3.6 percent In March, compared to the same period of last year. Calendar effect adjusted the turnover of...
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KSH: Retail sales increased by 0.8 percent
The volume of retail sales increased by 0.8 percent in February according to the raw data, compared to the same period of last year – the Central Statistical Office (KSH)...
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KSH: earnings rose further
In February, gross and net average earnings were 10.7 percent higher than a year before, following a 10 percent rise in January, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Thursday....
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Raw milk’s price rising again
In January 2017 agricultural production prices were down 2.6 percent in comparison with January 2016. This drop was the result of the price of vegetable products decreasing by 8.9 percent...
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A sharp increase in demand for many products at Easter last year
Demand significantly increased towards ham, eggs, chocolate and alcoholic beverages at Easter last year – according to the Central Statistical Office’s summary. The larger stores this year expect a significant...
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The decline in agricultural producer prices slowed in February
The decline – that lasted for seven month – in agricultural producer prices slowed in February. The average price level was 2.0 percent lower than a year before, after the...
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KSH: the turnover of hotels increased by 6.5 percent in February
In February, the number of nights spent by foreign tourists increased by 7.8 percent, while the number of domestic guest nights increased by 5.2 percent, compared to the previous year....
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KSH: February’s imports grew faster than exports
In February the value of export in euros increased by 5.4, while the value of import in euros increased by 7.1 percent, compared to the previous year. The trade surplus...
Read moreKSH: retail sales increased by 1 percent in February
The volume of turnover in retail stores, according to the raw data increased by 1.0 percent, while calendar effect adjusted increased by 1.2 percent in February, compared to the same...
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KSH: the growth of foreign trade turnover accelerated in January
In January this year, the value of exports in euros increased by 14.0 percent, while value of import increased by 15.2 percent after December’s 7.6 and 9.3 percent. The trade...
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Raw milk’s price rising again
In January 2017 agricultural production prices were down 2.6 percent in comparison with January 2016. This drop was the result of the price of vegetable products decreasing by 8.9 percent...
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Prices augmented by 2.9 percent in February
According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), in February 2017 consumer prices were 2.9 percent higher on average than a year before. In comparison with February 2016, food...
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KSH: the number of employees increased by 130 thousand
In the three months between December 2016 and February 2017, the average number of employees was 4 million 372 thousand, 130 thousand more than the year before. The employment rate...
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There isn’t enough rapeseed oil in Europe
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that domestic sales of wines without geographical indication and wines with protected designation of...
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