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KSH: the rise in earnings has continued
The gross average wage increased by 5.4 percent in a year and was 262.2 thousand HUF in October, while net earnings due to changes in the rules of personal income...
Read moreKSH: retail sales rose in October
The volume of retail turnover increased by 2.6 percent in October, compared to the same period of last year – according to calendar adjusted and raw data – the Central...
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The guest traffic of accommodations has increased
In October, the number of nights spent by foreign tourists increased by 19.8 percent and nights spent by domestic guests decreased by 6.1 percent, compared to a year before. Overall...
Read moreDeclining wine exports
Hungary’s wine trade balance (excluding sparkling wine and champagne) was positive both in volume and value, however, decreased by 20 percent in volume and by 7 percent in value in...
Read moreThere is a growing shortage of labor in trade
In the third quarter of 2016, labor shortages continued to increase in trade by almost 30 percent in one year. Now there are 4,800 vacant jobs in trade, which is...
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The export may pick up again in the coming months
In the coming months the export picks up again because the industry weakness’s was probably temporary and the European economic data also indicate an upturn – analysts commented the latest...
Read moreThe inflation rate was above 1 percent in November
In November, consumer prices were on average 1.1 percent higher than a year before. Compared with the previous month, prices increased by an average of 0.1 percent – the Central...
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KSH: export and import declined in October
In October, the value of exports in euros decreased by 1.1 percent, while the value of imports in euros declined by 3.5 percent, compared to a year before. The trade...
Read moreAnalysts are surprised by the retail data
The 2.6 percent modest growth of retail sales is a negative surprise for the analysts, who expected 4.3 percent. The ten-month average is 4.8 percent. According to the report of...
Read moreKSH: retail sales rose in October
The volume of retail sales increased by 2.6 percent in October, compared to the same period of last year, both according to the calendar adjusted and raw data – the...
Read moreKSH: monthly trade surplus exceeded one billion euros
In September, the value of exports in euros increased by 1.7 percent, while the value of imports was the same as a year before. The export surplus increased by 140...
Read moreThe number of smallholders is decreasing
More and more organizations appear as land users in the statistics of the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Mainly due to regulatory legal reasons, but the proportion of the land area...
Read moreKSH: 60 percent of the country's agricultural land is used by individual farmers
Hungary has 6 million hectares of productive land area of which 4.5 million hectares are farmlands, of which 60 percent is used by individual farms – the Central Statistical Office...
Read moreKSH: growth in retail sales accelerated in September
The volume of retail sales increased by 5.1 percent in September, compared to the same period of last year, according to both the raw and calendar effect adjusted data –...
Read moreKSH: the number of farmer organizations has increased
According to the preliminary data of the Agrárium 2016 (Agriculture in 2016) economic structural survey, 9 thousand agricultural enterprises and 416 thousand private farms carried out agricultural activities in 2016...
Read moreGDP grew by two percent in the third quarter
The gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.0 percent in the third quarter, compared to the same period of last year – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced its first...
Read moreKSH: agricultural producer prices decreased by 3.8 percent in September
The agricultural producer prices decreased by 3.8 percent in September, compared to the same period of the previous year. The 3.8 percent decline is due to the 7.3 percent decline...
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KSH: the guest traffic of accommodation establishments increased in September
In September, the number of nights spent by foreign tourists increased by 3.7 percent, while the number of nights spent by domestic tourists increased by 15.0 percent, compared to a...
Read moreAnalysts: the growth of retail sales can remain sustained
Due to the real wage growth, rising employment and a stable consumer confidence, the growth of retail sales can remain sustained for the remainder of the year – analysts told...
Read moreThe KSH measured a one percent inflation
Consumer prices were on average 1.0 percent higher in October than a year before, while compared with the previous month, prices increased by an average of 0.6 percent – the...
Read moreKSH: retail sales strengthened further
In September, the volume of retail sales increased by 5.1 percent, compared to the same period of last year, both according to calendar adjusted and raw data – the Central...
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Export surplus continued to increase in August
The value of exports in euros increased by 12.5 percent, while the value of imports in euros increased by 10.9 percent in August, compared to the previous year. The export...
Read moreKSH: employment increased in the third quarter
The number of employees increased by 126 thousand over the year and reached 4 million 390 thousand in the third quarter – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Thursday....
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Central Statistical Office: retail sales rose 5.8 percent in August
The volume of retail sales in August, according to the raw data increased by 5.8 percent, calendary effect adjusted rose by 4.3 percent compared to the same period of last...
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Analysts are expecting accelerating wage growth
The pace of wage growth can accelerate in the public sector due to the current wage settlements and the constantly rising demand for labor in the private sector is –...
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KSH: the rise in earnings accelerated in August
According to the most recent data of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) the increase in earnings accelerated in August. Average gross earnings increased by 6.9 percent in August, while net...
Read moreKSH: Agricultural producer prices fell by 2.6 percent in August
In August, agricultural producer prices fell by 2.6 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year. The producer price of plant products declined by 5.5 percent, while the...
Read moreKSH: inflation was 0.6 percent in September
Consumer prices were on average 0.6 percent higher in September than a year before, while compared with the previous month increased by an average of 0.2 percent. The Central Statistical...
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Domestic tourism was the driving force behind tourism in August
In August, the number of nights spent by foreign tourists increased by 3.6 percent, while the guest nights of domestic tourists increased by 6.8 percent, compared to a year before....
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KSH: foreign trade turnover in August increased significantly
In August, the value of exports increased by 12.5 percent in euros, while imports increased by 10.8 percent, compared to last year, after the 5.4 and 6.4 percent decline of...
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