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KSH: foreign trade reached a surplus of 455 million euros in August
In August, the volume of exports increased by 6.6 percent, while the volume of imports increased by 7.0 percent, compared to the same month of the previous year. The surplus...
Read moreKSH: retail sales increased by 4.6 percent in August
In August, the volume of retail sales rose by 4.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the calendar adjusted and raw data, which is 0.1 percentage points lower than...
Read moreNGM: the August slowdown was only temporary in retail
In the first eight months of the year, the volume of retail increased by 6 percent, which adjusts to the other growth trends of the Hungarian economy. The August slowdown...
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Analysts expect a 3-4 percent average wage growth this year
Analysts polled by MTI expect a 3-4 percent average wage growth for this year, and since inflation is around 0 percent, real wages are expected to rise with the same...
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KSH: earnings rose by 5.9 percent in August
In August, average monthly earnings were 5.4 percent higher than than a year before. By calculating without the public employees the growth was 5.9 percent – the Central Statistical Office...
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KSH: agricultural producer prices decreased by 3.8 percent in August
Agricultural producer prices fell by 3.8 percent in August, compared to the same period of the previous year. The price of crop products increased by 0.9 percent, while the price...
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Increase in the size of Hungary’s livestock population
According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary’s pig stock grew by 64,000 to 3.1 million. By 1 June 2015 the size of the cattle population increased by...
Read moreFood prices increased despite declining inflation
The average level of consumer prices was 0.4 percent lower in September 2015, than a year before, while compared with August, prices decreased by 0.6 percent – the Central Statistics...
Read moreRetail sales growth slowed, but still strong
Compared to the previous months, the growth of retail sales slowed, but remained strong in August, according to experts who also added that the cheaper fuel continue to pull the...
Read moreKSH: retail sales increased by 4.7 percent in August
The volume of retail sales increased by 4.7 percent, compared to a year before in August – according to both the raw and calendar adjusted data – the Central Statistics...
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NGM: the expansion of the food industry also contributed to foreign trade
Vehicle exports, as well as the performance expansion of the pharmaceutical and food industries also helped the foreign trade dynamics in the first seven months of 2015 – Marczinkó Zoltán...
Read moreKSH: the number of employed continued to increase
The average number of employees increased to 4 million 251 thousand in the June-August period. It is 27 thousand more than in the previous three-month period and 134 thousand more,...
Read moreKSH: retail sales rose by 6.8 percent in July
The volume of retail sales in July increased by 6.8 percent compared to the same period of last year, according to the raw and calendar effects adjusted data. This is...
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KSH: We spend 30 HUF per day on statistics
Every day around the same price for a smaller egg, 30 HUF is spent by the people in Hungary on statistics – the Deputy Chairman of the Central Statistical Office...
Read moreKSH: 7.5 million tons of cereals grown this year
This year’s 5.284 million tons of wheat is 0.4 percent more than in 2014 and 19.1 percent higher than the average yield of the past five years. The barley harvest...
Read moreKSH: agricultural producer prices decreased by 5.6 percent
Agricultural producer prices fell by 5.6 percent in July compared to the same period of the previous year. The price of plant products decreased by 1.9 percent, while the price...
Read moreKSH: The number of Internet and mobile phone subscriptions has increased
The number of Internet subscriptions increased by 13 percent to nearly 7.7 million, while the number of mobile phone subscriptions expanded by 1.6 percent to 181 thousand in the second...
Read more0.2 percent annual average inflation is expected in 2015
Inflation can accelerate gradually in Hungary. On the basis of the new data – that consumer prices remained unchanged in August compared to the previous year – basic processes did...
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KSH: Hungarian tourism grew by 9.5 percent in July
The foreign guests spent 12.1 more guest nights, while the domestic tourists spent 7.5 percent more guest nights, at commercial accommodation in Hungary in July, so the traffic increased by...
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KSH: 674 million euros export surplus in July
The euro-denominated value of exports increased by 5.4 percent, while the value imports rose by 2.3 percent, compared to a year before. The trade balance surplus amounted to 674 million...
Read moreKSH: the consumer price level remained unchanged in August
The consumer price level remained unchanged in August, compared to the same period of last year, while compared with July consumer prices decreased by an average of 0.6 percent –...
Read moreAnalysts: faster-than-expected increase in retail trade
Retail sales increased faster-than-expected in July, according to analysts polled by MTI, who commented on the data released on Thursday by the Central Statistical Office (KSH). According to the first...
Read moreKSH: retail sales were mainly stimulated by food consumption
The volume of retail sales rose by 7.0 percent in July – according to both the raw data and the calendar effect adjusted data, compared to the same period of...
Read moreKSH: the trade balance surplus continued to increase
The euro-denominated value of exports increased by 13.9 percent, while imports exceeded by 9.5 percent in June, compared to a year before. The trade balance surplus amounted to 801 million...
Read moreAnalysts: the increase in investments was a positive surprise
The analysts polled by MTI called the 5.7 percent second quarterly growth in investments as a positive surprise. According to the Central Statistical Office, investments increased by 5.7 percent in...
Read moreA 30 percent growth is expected in online purchasing this year
Online shopping increases much faster than “anything else” in the sector. Compared to the previous year a roughly 30 percent increase is expected – Glattfelder Béla, Minister of State for...
Read moreKSH: employment continued to increase further
In May and July this year, the number of employees was 4 million 224 thousand, 139 thousand, and 3.4 percent higher than a year before – the Central Statistical Office...
Read moreKSH: accelerated growth in retail sales in June
In June, retail sales rose by 7.2 percent in volume compared with a year before, after the previous month's 4.4 percent increase – the second estimate of the Central Statistical...
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KSH: average earnings increased by 3.6 percent in June
Average earnings grew by 3.6 percent in June compared with a year before. Without counting the wages of the public workers the increase was 4.7 percent – the Central Statistics...
Read moreKSH: GDP grew by 2.7 percent in the second quarter
Hungary's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.7 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period of 2014. The increase was primarily due to the expansion of the...
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