Hungary’s central bank will wait for inflation to decline in a sustainable manner before cutting interest rates. Policy makers are under growing pressure from the government to lower borrowing costs. Hungary’s central bank will wait for inflation to decline in a sustainable manner before cutting interest rates. Policy makers are under growing pressure from the […]

Hungary's general government deficit reached HUF 3,328.7 billion at the end of September, 69.7% of the full-year target, the Ministry of National Economy said in a preliminary release of data on Wednesday. The central budget gap reached HUF 3,267.4 billion and the social insurance funds were HUF 162.6 billion in the red, but separate state […]

Consumer prices were 4.3% higher on average in Hungary in September 2025 than a year earlier. Compared to August, prices were unchanged on average, according to the country's Central Statistical Office. Food prices rose 4.7%, but increased just 3.0% excluding the price of eating out. The price of eggs jumped 18.2% and cooking oil prices […]

Output of Hungary's industrial sector fell 7.3% year-on-year in August, a first reading of data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday shows. Output was also down 4.6% when adjusted for the number of workdays. Output fell in all but one of the branches of manufacturing. Output was significantly down in the automotive […]

In August 2025, the volume of retail trade was 1.9% higher in raw data, or 2.4% higher in calendar adjusted terms, than in the same month of the previous year, the country's Central Statistics Office (KSH) reported this Monday. According to seasonally and calendar adjusted data, the volume of retail sales was 0.8% up on […]

The Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) share index, BUX, strengthened amid declining turnover this week, closing at 462.96 points on Friday, up 1,255.17 points, or 1.27%, from a week earlier. Weekly turnover was HUF 52.73 billion, following HUF 66.48 billion the previous week, with leading shares strengthening except for OTP. Equilor Investment Ltd. highlighted in its […]

Hungary's Government Debt Management Agency (AKK) sold HUF 140.0 billion of bonds at auction on Thursday, HUF 95.0 billion more than planned, MTI reported this Thursday. AKK sold HUF 20.0 billion of three-year bonds, doubling its original offer after primary dealers bid for HUF 49.4 billion of the securities. Average yield was 6.41%, 3bp under […]

Hungary's government sector had a HUF 480 billion surplus in the second quarter, equivalent to 2.2% of GDP, data released by the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Wednesday show. The deficit of central government amounted to HUF 535 billion, while local governments and social security funds had HUF 137 and 88 billion surpluses. In […]

Hungary had a EUR 557 million trade surplus in August, according to data released by the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday. Exports fell 5.3% year-on-year to EUR 10.193 billion. Imports dropped 8.0% to EUR 9.636 billion. Trade with other European Union member states accounted for 74% of Hungary's exports and 71% of its […]

Industrial producer prices were 2.3% higher on average in Hungary in August 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices rose by 0.9% and non-domestic ones by 3.0% compared to August in the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices lessened by 0.5% and non-domestic […]

The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) share index, the BUX, fell amid declining turnover this week, closing at 99,207.79 points on Friday, down 990.77 points, or 0.99%, from a week earlier. Weekly turnover was HUF 66.48 billion, down from HUF 101.33 billion the previous week, with all leading shares closing below last week's levels. On Monday, […]

In August 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,676,000. The number of unemployed persons was 215,000 and the unemployment rate was 4.4%, Hungary's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. In the period June–August 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,679,000, 36,000 fewer than a year earlier. Among males, […]

At its meeting on this Tuesday, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and decided not to change the central bank interest rates, leaving its base rate at 6.5%. According to the press release after the meeting, the primary objective of the National Bank of […]

The Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) share index declined amid rising turnover this week, with the BUX closing at 100,198.56 points on Friday, down 1,001.28 points, or 0.99%, from a week earlier. Weekly turnover was HUF 101.33 billion, following HUF 81.41 billion the previous week, with leading shares weakening, except for OTP. On Monday, investors began […]

Turnover on the stock market was HUF 81.41 billion this week, following HUF 52.76 billion last week, with leading shares weakening. The BUX moved mixed during the week: it fell on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, rose on Thursday in line with European stock markets amid positive investor sentiment, but ultimately fell again on Friday due […]