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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 moreThe IMF has improved the Hungarian GDP growth forecast
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved the Hungarian GDP growth forecast for this and the next year in its spring forecast for the world economy. According to the World...
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ÁSZ: labor market indicators improved between 2006 and 2016
Labor market indicators improved significantly between 2006 and 2016 in Hungary: the number of employed increased by 10.7 percent, while the number of unemployed decreased by 26.3 percent, and the...
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The innovator
Sándor Demján, one of the most important Hungarian businessmen of the last 40 years died at the end of March. He wasn’t only a member of the financial elite, but also...
Read moreMNB: inflation increases gradually
Inflation will fluctuate around 2 to 2.5 percent in the coming months, but price increases will gradually rise – Várhegyi Judit, head of department at the Hungarian National Bank (MNB)...
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...
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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 moreAnalysts: the strong international environment pulls the export
In the first half of the year, the strong international and European environments may continue to pull the export – macroeconomic analysts told MTI, who, however, expects a slightly lower...
Read moreAnalysts: strong increase in retail this year
Growth in retail sales in February was somewhat behind the analysts’ expectations, but despite the slowdown in January, this year started strong – analysts commented the latest data of KSH...
Read moreTen percent more companies were founded in the first quarter
In the first quarter, 7,127 new companies were set up, which is 10 percent more than in the same period of last year and five percent more than in the...
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 moreKopint-Tárki is expecting a four percent increase and a 2.5 percent inflation
The Kopint-Tárki Business Climate Research Institute is anticipating its December projection and expects a 4 percent increase in GDP in 2018, its inflation projection has not changed expecting a 2.5...
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MLBKT: March Purchasing Manager Index fell slightly but still high
The seasonally adjusted value of the Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) was 57.0 points in March; lower than the 57.2 points of February 2018 and the fourth highest March value since...
Read moreMNB: consumption, investment and exports promise a more than expected growth in 2018
Based on the data received since December’s Inflation Report, the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) expects more favorable consumption and investment processes and a slightly stronger export growth. The experts of...
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...
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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 moreThe Takarékbank raised its GDP growth forecast to 4.5 percent this year
Partly due to the projected effects and partly due to the further improving outlooks for the economy, the growth rate of the Hungarian economy may continue to accelerate this year,...
Read moreAgriculture is a driving force of the Hungarian economy
Despite the challenges that the sector is facing, the performance of agriculture is a driving force of the Hungarian economy – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture emphasized on Tuesday at...
Read moreSzázadvég: inflation can be 2.6 percent this year
The Századvég foundation predicts that inflation will be 2.6 percent this year – Regős Gábor, the analyst of the foundation told M1 news channel on Saturday. The analyst said that...
Read moreThe Pénzügykutató Zrt. improved its growth forecast this year to 3.9 percent
The Pénzügykutató Zrt. improved its growth forecast this year to 3.9 percent from the previously predicted 3.7 percent, and the momentum, albeit with a moderating dynamics will remain in 2019,...
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...
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Analysts: the foreign trade surplus in January was higher than expected
The foreign trade surplus in January exceeded the expectations and the surplus will be lower than in the previous year, but the decline will be lower than last year –...
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Real earnings may rise above 6 percent this year
According to the calculations of the ministry, real earnings may rise above 6 percent this year – Cseresnyés Péter, Minister of State of the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) responsible...
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KSH: exports in January reached a double-digit growth again
In January, the value of exports in euros was 10.1 percent higher, while the value of imports was 9.3 percent higher than in the year before, while the foreign trade...
Read moreAnalysts expected higher inflation
Analysts interviewed by MTI expect slow fluctuation rise in prices, due to the lower than expected February inflation and a drop in core inflation. According to a statement issued on...
Read moreAnalysts: economic growth structure can continue to improve this year
Market analysts expect the continuation of last year’s ongoing processes in the light of the detailed GDP data published on Tuesday. Consumption and investment growth will continue to be the...
Read moreEY: the Hungarian buying-in market closed a successful year last year
According to the survey of EY, the estimated size of the Hungarian acquisition market exceeded 4 billion USD last year with an annual growth of 150 percent, which is the...
Read moreThe economy grew by four percent last year
Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 4.0 percent in 2017 after the 2.2 percent of the previous year. The calendar-effect adjusted data doubled from 2.1 percent to 4.2 percent....
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MNB: a bankrendszer több mint kétszeresen teljesítette kkv-hitelezési vállalását
Az MNB piaci hitelprogramjában részt vevő bankok 2017-re vállalták, hogy közel 230 milliárd forinttal növelik kkv-hitelezésüket, a vállalását minden bank teljesítette, ennek eredményeként szektorszinten az egy évvel korábbit is meghaladó,...
Read moreKSH: export is over 100 billion euros, trade surplus is over 8 billion in 2017
Exports of goods last year reached 100.581 billion euros, 8.2 percent higher than a year before, while imports increased by 11.1 percent to 92.499 billion euros. The 8.082 billion euros...
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