Consumer prices were 4.3% higher on average in July 2025 than a year earlier, while compared to June, prices were 0.4% higher on average, according to the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH). In 12 months, compared to July 2024:A price increase of 5.9% (4.6% excluding food and beverage serving services) was recorded for food, within […]
In June 2025, the volume of retail trade in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 3.0% higher than in the same month of the previous year. Compared to the same period of the previous year, calendar-adjusted sale volumes expanded by 3.7% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by 3.9% in non-food retailing and by 2.5% […]
The volume of industrial production lagged behind the one year earlier level by 4.9% in June 2025. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial output was 1.2% lower than in May 2025, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Production volume decreased in the […]
The second month of summer was also positive on the Budapest Stock Exchange, as the BUX index reached the psychological threshold of 100,000 points for the first time, the financial website penzcentrum.hu reports. The second month of summer was also positive on the Budapest Stock Exchange, as the BUX index reached the psychological threshold of […]
Industrial producer prices were 5.1% higher on average in Hungary in June 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 3.3% and non-domestic ones 6.0% higher than in June of the previous year. The price rise was primarily caused by the annual weakening of the HUF exchange rate against the EUR, as well as […]
The volume of Hungary’s gross domestic product grew by 0.1% according to raw data and by 0.2% according to seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data in the 2nd quarter of 2025 than in the corresponding period of the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared to the previous quarter, the economic […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange's share index, the BUX, closed the week at a new historic high of 101,380.77 points, up 9.53 points or 0.01%, privatbankar.hu quotes an Equilor report sent to MTI. Total turnover fell from HUF 65.374 billion to HUF 48.255 billion on a weekly basis, with leading stocks performing mixed. Equilor Investment Ltd.'s […]
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 volume of industrial production lagged behind the one year earlier level by 2.6% in May 2024. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports this Tuesday. Setbacks were measured in the great majority of manufacturing subsections, at the same time, production volume grew in the […]
The audit of the National Bank of Hungary's (MNB) gold reserves has been completed; the 94.73 tons of gold reserves stored in Hungary are in perfect condition, the MNB announced on its Facebook page on Thursday. According to the announcement, central bank governor Mihály Varga, ordered the audit of the gold reserves after taking office, […]
In May 2025, the volume of retail trade in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 2.1% higher than in the same month of the previous year in Hungary, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared to the same period of the previous year, calendar-adjusted sale volumes expanded by 0.5% in specialized and non-specialized food […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) leading stock index, the BUX, exceeded the 100,000-point closing value for the first time, reaching a new historic milestone for the domestic stock exchange. The index, which started at 1,000 points in 1991 and has since grown a hundredfold, tracks changes in the prices of domestic stocks with the largest […]
In May 2025, inflation rose to 4.4%, while core inflation fell to 4.8%. In the short term, partly mandatory, partly voluntary price restriction measures have a strong diminishing effect on inflation. At the same time, strong repricings can be observed in the pricing behaviors of companies, the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reports on its […]
Hungary has once again been recognized as one of the most attractive destinations for FDI among emerging markets, according to the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA). In the 2025 edition of the global management consulting firm Kearney’s ranking of the 25 top emerging markets for FDI, Hungary advanced to 17th place, up from 22nd last […]
As a government institution, HEPA Hungarian Export Promotion Agency aims at providing high quality services in order to support the further export success of Hungarian enterprises and improve the country’s international image. The Agency works in close co-operation with other state-owned institutions of economic background. Its mission is to see more and more quality Hungarian […]
