In June 2021, the average monthly number of employed persons aged 15–74 in Hungary was 4,692,000, 98,000 more than in the same period of the previous year and 85,000 more than in the previous month. According to data published by the Central Statistical Office, in April–June 2021, the average number of employed persons was 4, […]

In May 2021 the volume of industrial production exceeded by 39.1% the low base level of last year’s May, caused by coronavirus pandemic related restrictions. Based on working-day adjusted data production rose by 40.2%, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. All manufacturing subsections contributed to the significant increase. The growth in the manufacture of […]

Consumer prices were 5.3% higher on average in June 2021 than a year earlier. Significant price rises were measured over the last 12 months for alcoholic beverages, tobacco and motor fuels. In one month, consumer prices increased on average by 0.6%. According to data published by the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH), in the past 12 months, […]

Hungary’s economy is expected to make a strong comeback this year following the ravaging impact of the Covid pandemic. The International Monetary Fund and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are the latest to project that GDP growth is set to exceed earlier expectations. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its forecast of Hungary’s […]

Industrial producer prices were 11.3% higher on average in May 2021 than a year earlier. The rate of increase of prices was influenced by the change of the forint exchange rate against the euro and by the price rise of raw and base materials, the Hungarian Central statistical Office reports. Domestic output prices were up […]

The National Bank of Hungary hiked interest rates this week, becoming the first monetary authority in the European Union to start monetary tightening as it seeks to tame inflation in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. The bank indicated it would continue to raise borrowing costs due to inflation risks. The Monetary Council of the […]

In its latest publication, the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) presented and summarized its responses with which was able to successfully handle the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Governments and central banks have responded with historical scale crisis management measures to the pandemic broke out in early 2020. The former launched a number of […]

National Bank of Hungary (MNB) governor György Matolcsy said he believes the 5.9-percent-of-GDP deficit target in the 2022 budget is "a mistake" and could set the country up for "persistently high inflation." He wrote in an online column this Monday that "Parliament has approved the 2022 budget and its target for a 5.9-percent-of-GDP deficit. I […]

Despite lifting many of the pandemic-related restrictions, Hungary’s central budget posted a significant shortfall in May. Expenditures are mounting on a new set of measures to re-start the economy. In May, the central budget booked a deficit of HUF 269 billion, pushing the shortfall in the first 5 months of the year to HUF -1,312.6 […]

In EUR terms, the value of exports was 73% and that of imports 52% larger in April 2021 than the base in the same period of the previous year, which was low because of the epidemic and the related measures. The balance of external trade in goods improved by EUR 888 million, the Central Statistical […]

Hungary’s forint broke multi-month records against the euro in recent days, fueled by rate hike expectations and a promising economic growth outlook. The currency gained ground even as a steadying US dollar cut international risk appetite. As inflation in Hungary and other central European nations is above central banks’ target levels, investors are betting on […]

The volume of gross domestic product lessened by 2.1% in Hungary in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, the country's Central statistical Office reports. According to seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data, the performance of the economy became 2.0% higher than in the previous quarter and 1.6% […]

Consumer prices were 5.1% higher on average in April 2021 than a year earlier. Significant price rises were measured over the last 12 months for alcoholic beverages and tobacco as well as motor fuels. In one month, consumer prices increased by 0.8% on average. In the 12 months, compared to April 2020 – according to data by […]

Surplus on external trade in goods amounts to EUR 1,013 million in March, both exports and imports increase by 14% compared to February. In EUR terms, the value of exports was 22% and that of imports 15% higher in March 2021 than in the same period of the previous year. The balance of external trade in goods improved […]

The Hungarian government argues that next year’s budget bill, submitted earlier this week, is aimed at relaunching the economy. However, the bill has come under heavy fire from the Fiscal Council, the National Bank of Hungary and opposition parties for being an election-year budget designed to support key voting groups. Hungary’s 2022 budget targets economic […]