The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) stock index fell this week amid declining trading volume; on Friday, the BUX closed at 140,981.27 points, down 1.04% from the previous week. Weekly trading volume totaled HUF 102.8 billion, down from HUF 104.7 billion the previous week, with leading stocks – with the exception of Mol – posting losses. […]

The Hungarian government has made a range of decisions on the taxation of large companies and polluting companies, the elimination of tax avoidance practices by trusts, and a taxation practice that selectively punishes companies, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said late on Friday in a post on social media. "We are also putting order the payment […]

The government calculates with GDP growth of 1.6-1.7% in Hungary in 2026, Finance Minister András Kármán said fielding questions at a hearing before parliament's European Affairs Committee on Thursday. The minister put 2027 GDP growth "over 2%". He acknowledged the impact of the outlook for growth on the budget deficit. András Kármán said European Union […]

Economic research institute Kopint-Tárki put Hungary's GDP growth around 2% for 2026 in a forecast published on Wednesday. According to the research institute’s forecast, economic trends domestically, as well as at the European and global levels, may be influenced by geopolitical developments; as a result, global economic growth will slow this year, with economic growth […]

Hungary's new Reconstruction and Recovery Plan "demonstrates a higher level of ambition to protect the EU's financial interests and strengthen the rule of law," Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Cohesion and Reforms, said in Brussels. Commissioner Fitto said the new Hungarian RRP went beyond "what was previously discussed with the EC" […]

In May, the current account balance closed with a surplus of EUR 81 million, compared with a deficit of EUR 201 million in April, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB). The current account closed the first quarter with a surplus of EUR 251 million, compared with a surplus […]

Amid rising trading volume, the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) stock index fell this week; on Friday, the BUX closed at 142,467.45 points, down 0.42 points from the previous week. Weekly trading volume was HUF 104.7 billion, up from HUF 103.0 billion the previous week; leading stocks weakened, with the exception of Mol. On Monday, the […]

UniCredit Bank sees Hungary's economy expanding by 1.3% in 2026 and 2.5% in 2027, the lender's chief analyst for Central and Eastern Europe said on Friday. Mauro Giorgio Marrano said industry could contribute to growth in 2026, pointing to positive trends in export-oriented branches. Consumption appears stable and real wages are on the rise, while […]

European Union finance ministers approved Hungary's new Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) plan at an ECOFIN meeting in Brussels on Friday. The new plan should allow for EUR 10 billion to be disbursed to Hungary, made up of around EUR 6.5 billion in grants and EUR 3.5 billion in loans, the Council said in a […]

Volume of market services expanded around 60% in the period between 2010 and 2026, outpacing the 20% growth of the other sectors of Hungary's economy, an analysis by economic research institute GKI shows. Within market services, the ICT sector expanded the most during the period (156%), followed by business services (127%), driven by digitalization and […]

Consumer prices in Hungary rose by 1.7% year-on-year in June 2026. Relative to the 1.8% observed in May, the annual growth rate of prices was down by 0.1 percentage point. Core inflation, and core inflation excluding indirect tax effects, remained unchanged at 2.0%, the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) states in its latest flash analysis […]

Government officials detailed the impact of measures by the former government widening the 2026 budget gap at a press conference on Wednesday. Finance Minister András Kármán put the "legacy" deficit at 8.3% of GDP, well over the former government's 3.7% target. A table released by the government shows campaign measures added the equivalent of 1.3% […]

Hungary's cash flow-based general government deficit reached HUF 3,382.2 billion at the end of June, 80.2% of the full-year target, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary release of data on Wednesday. As MTI reports, the central budget deficit reached HUF 3,271.4 billion and the social security funds were HUF 214.6 billion in the red, […]

Hungary's annualised consumer price index fell to 1.7% to in June from 1.8% in the previous month, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday, and reviewed by MTI, show. Food prices inched up 0.2%, but fell 2.4% excluding the price of eating out. Pork prices fell 10.9% and potato prices dropped 7.6%. […]

Hungary completed a EUR 3 billion issue of euro bonds on Monday, the Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) has said in a statement. As MTI reported Tuesday morning, ÁKK sold EUR 1.5 billion of a five-year bond and EUR 1.5 billion of a ten-year bond. The five-year bond had a yield of 3.62% and a […]