The Hungarian government has earmarked HUF 800 billion for the regulated utilities price scheme for households in 2025 and will continue the program in 2026, Energy Ministry state secretary Gábor Czepek said in a post on social media on Monday. The state secretary was of the opinion that Hungarian households paid the lowest gas and […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) share index, BUX, closed two-day trading week Tuesday (due to the Christmas holidays) at 111,046.97 points, up 155.98 points or 0.14%. Péter Aradványi, an analyst at Equilor Investment Ltd., explained the low turnover and moderate price movements with the typically subdued interest at the end of the year, adding that […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange's share index, the BUX, closed at a historic high of 110,890.99 points on Monday, up 485.25 points or 0.44%. The stock market turnover was HUF 10.7 billion, with leading stocks performing mixed compared to the previous day's close. Ákos Czibere, an analyst at Equilor Investment Ltd., told MTI that on Monday, […]
Hungary's general government deficit reached HUF 4,070.4 billion at the end of November, 80.5% of the full-year target, the country's National Economy Ministry confirmed in a detailed reading of data on Monday, MTI says. The report noted the deficit target of the general government, corresponding to a 3.7% ESA deficit target in the adopted budget […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) share index, the BUX, rose this week amid growing turnover, with the BUX closing at 110,405.74 points on Friday, 0.73% higher than a week earlier. Weekly turnover was HUF 185.23 billion, following HUF 83.09 billion the previous week, with leading shares strengthening during the week, except for Mol, and OTP […]
The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) decided to leave the central bank base rate unchanged at 6.50% at a monthly policy meeting on Tuesday. The Council also left the O/N deposit rate at 5.50% and the O/N collateralised loan rate at 7.50%. The rates mark the ends of the central bank's […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) share index, BUX, closed at 109,607.58 points on Friday, 0.63% higher than a week earlier. Weekly turnover was HUF 83.09 billion, following HUF 75.93 billion the previous week, with leading shares strengthening, except for Mol. Equilor Investment Ltd. highlighted in its weekly summary that, according to its analysts, OTP's 12-month […]
Construction output volume, based on both raw and calendar-adjusted data surpassed in October 2025 the one year earlier level by 9.7%. Among the main construction groups the construction of buildings expanded by 14.7%, that of civil engineering increased by 3.7%, the Central Statisical Office (KSH) reports. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices construction […]
The volume of industrial production in Hungary lagged behind the one year earlier level by 2.7% in October 2025. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one, the Central Statistical Office reports. A setback in production occurred in the great majority of the manufacturing subsections. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, […]
Construction sector orders are level with last year and show no sign of any marked expansion, although home construction could provide a boost, the head of industry association EVOSZ said at a general meeting on Wednesday. László Koji said that an EVOSZ survey showed that the revenue of 60% of construction companies declined in 2025, […]
Hungary's annualized consumer price index stood at 3.8% in November, down from 4.3% in October, according to data released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) on Tuesday show. Food prices rose 3.2%, but increased just 0.6% excluding the price of eating out. The price of eggs jumped 11.2% and cooking oil prices climbed 10.1%, but […]
Hungary's general government deficit reached HUF 4,070.4 billion at the end of November, 80.5% of the full-year target, the Ministry of National Economy said in a preliminary release of data on Monday. The central budget gap reached HUF 3,904.0 billion and the social insurance funds were HUF 240.3 billion in the red, but separate state […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) share index, the BUX fell this week amid declining turnover, with the BUX closing at 108,922.07 points on Friday, down 0.49% or 531.32 points from a week earlier. Weekly turnover was HUF 75.93 billion, down from HUF 135.59 billion the previous week, with leading shares weakening except for Mol. On […]
On Friday evening, Fitch Ratings left Hungary's debt rating at BBB, but downgraded its stable outlook to negative. This concludes the series of reviews for 2025, with the major credit rating agencies expected to review Hungary again next spring, the business website portfolio.hu reports. The following factors are behind the rating and outlook: (1) Fitch […]
The volume of industrial production lagged behind the one year earlier level by 2.7% in October 2025. Output also fell 2.7% when adjusted for the number of workdays. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial output was 0.5% higher than in September 2025. Production volume decreased in the great majority of the manufacturing subsections […]
