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2025 December Inflation Data Assessed by the National Bank

D&T
Jan 17, 2026

Consumer prices rose by 3.3% year-on-year in December 2025. Relative to the 3.8% observed in November, the annual growth rate of prices fell by 0.5 percentage points, the National Bank of Hungary says on it website Standing at 3.8%, core inflation fell by 0.3 percentage point. Core inflation excluding indirect tax effects fell to 3.6%. […]

Industrial Output in Hungary Slips 5.4% in November

D&T
Jan 15, 2026

Output of Hungary's industrial sector fell 5.4% year-on-year in November, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) confirmed in a second reading of data quoted by MTI. Output fell at the same pace when adjusted for the number of workdays. The detailed data show output of the automotive industry, Hungary's biggest manufacturing sector, fell 4.7%. The segment […]

Number of Jobseekers at Record Low

D&T
Jan 14, 2026

The number of registered jobseekers in Hungary reached a record low of 216,082 in December, falling almost 4,000 from the same month a year earlier, accordingt data by the National Employment Service (NFSZ). Support by the European Union play an important role in helping jobseekers in Hungary. The Youth Guarantee Plus program, which supports young […]

Construction Sector Output Falls 5.6% in November

D&T
Jan 14, 2026

Output of Hungary's construction sector fell 5.6% year-on-year in November, MTI quotes data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Wednesday. Construction sector output declined 3.6% when adjusted for the number of workdays. Output of the buildings segment climbed 7.7%, while civil engineering output dropped 20.0%. In absolute terms, construction sector output reached HUF […]

Prices Increase Lowers in December, 4.4% Year-on-Year

D&T
Jan 13, 2026

In December 2025, consumer prices in Hungary were 3.3% higher on average than a year earlier and 0.1% higher than in the previous month, according to official figures published by the country's Central Statistical Office. In 2025, prices were up by 4.4% on average compared to the previous year. In 12 months, compared to December […]

Industrial Output Falls by 5.4% Y-on-Y in November

D&T
Jan 12, 2026

The volume of industrial production in Hungary lagged behind the one year earlier level by 5.4% in November 2025. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial output was 2.0% lower than in October 2025. Production volume decreased […]

Mol Kicked Off the Budapest Stock Exchange This Week

D&T
Jan 11, 2026

The Budapest Stock Exchange's share index, the BUX, closed this week's trading at 116,510.12 points on Friday, up 600.54 points or 0.52%. The stock market turnover was HUF 10.8 billion, with leading shares performing mixed compared to the previous day's close. András Takács, equity analyst at Equilor Investment Ltd., told MTI that trading on the […]

Industrial Producer Prices Down in Hungary

D&T
Jan 7, 2026

Industrial producer prices were 2.7% lower on average in November 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices fell by 1.8% and non-domestic ones by 3.1% compared to November in the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices rose by 0.3% and non-domestic output prices […]

Official Hungarian Unemployment Rate at 4.4%

D&T
Jan 7, 2026

In November 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,637,000. The number of unemployed persons was 213,000 and the unemployment rate was 4.4%, according to the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH). In the period September–November 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,656,000, 36,000 fewer than a year earlier. […]

Hungary's Gov't Sector Deficit at HUF 909 Bn in Q3 2025

D&T
Jan 6, 2026

Hungary's government sector had a HUF 909 billion deficit in the third quarter of 2025, equivalent to 4.2% of GDP, MTI quotes data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday. Government sector revenue rose 6.3% to HUF 8,875 billion, while expenditures climbed 6.8% to HUF 9,783 billion. For the period Q1-Q3, the government […]

Lower Exports, Higher Imports: Higher Hungarian Trade Deficit

D&T
Jan 6, 2026

The deficit of Hungary's external trade in goods was EUR 121 million last November compared to the same period of the previous year. The volume of exports lessened by 8.6%, that of imports grew by 3.8% over that period, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. The EUR 121 million deficit means that the balance […]

Bourse Turnover Reaches HUF 387 Billion in December

D&T
Jan 5, 2026

Share turnover on the Budapest Stock Exchange came to HUF 387 billion in December, MTI quoted a statement issued by the bourse on Monday. Daily turnover averaged HUF 20.4 billion. Wood and Company was the most active broker during the month, with double-counted turnover of HUF 201 billion. Concorde was runner-up with turnover of HUF […]

Hungary PMI Edges Higher

D&T
Jan 5, 2026

Hungary's seasonally-adjusted Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) stood at 53.7 points in December, inching up from 53.6 in the previous month, the Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management (Halpim) said on Monday. The PMI was over the 50-point threshold, signalling an expansion in the manufacturing sector. Among the PMI sub-indices, the new orders index […]

Gov't to Maintain Regulated Utilities Price Scheme

D&T
Dec 29, 2025

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 […]

BUX Closes Tuesday Trading on a Positive Note

D&T
Dec 23, 2025

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 […]

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