The volume of industrial production in Hungary lagged behind the level of one year earlier 1.0% in July 2025. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial output was 2.0% higher than in June 2025, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Production volume […]

Hungary’s central bank governor Mihály Varga underscored the importance of currency stability, calling it essential for curbing inflation and laying the foundation for stronger growth. “Hungary’s economic convergence can’t be based on currency devaluation,” Varga said at an annual economics forum in Veszprém, stressing that the forint’s impact on prices has doubled compared to a […]

In July 2025, the volume of retail trade in Hungary in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 1.7% higher than in the same month of the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared to the same period of the previous year, calendar-adjusted sale volumes expanded by 2.3% in specialized and non-specialized food […]

The volume of Hungary’s gross domestic product was 0.1% higher according to raw data and 0.2% higher 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 Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared to the previous quarter, the economic performance […]

The seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for August was 48.9. Compared to previous August values, this year's value is lower than the long-term monthly average (52.5), but exceeds the average of the previous three years' monthly values (48.8), according to a statement sent to MTI on Monday by the Hungarian Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory […]

Industrial producer prices were unchanged in July 2025 compared to previous month and 4.5% higher on average than a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Industrial producer prices were 4.5% higher on average in July 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 1.6% and non-domestic ones 5.9% higher than in July […]

The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) share index, the BUX, ended the week at 102,554.62 points, down 2.80% from last Friday's close. Total turnover increased from HUF 48.21 billion to HUF 91.15 billion on a weekly basis, with leading stocks weakening, the financial website penzcentrum.hu reports. The BUX started the week with a decline due to […]

Service exports calculated in EUR increased by 2.4%, imports lessened by 3.4% in the 2nd quarter of 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year. The surplus reached EUR 3.1 billion, EUR 423 million higher than in the 2nd quarter of 2024, according to the Central Statistical Office (KSH). The export value improved […]

The surplus of the external trade in goods was EUR 578 million in Hungary in July; compared to the same period of the previous year, the volume of export surpassed by 3.5%, that of import by 1.0% the one year earlier level, the Central Statistical Office reports. The surplus was EUR 578 million, the balance […]

In July 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,712,000. The number of unemployed persons was 211,000 and the unemployment rate was 4.3%, according to the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH). In the period May–July 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,681,000, 30,000 fewer than a year earlier. […]

The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) left the central bank base rate unchanged at 6.50% at its meeting this Tuesday. In a statement on its website, MNB says that its primary objective is to achieve and maintain price stability. Without prejudice to its primary objective, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank preserves financial […]

The Budapest Stock Exchange's share index rose amid declining turnover, with the BUX index closing the four-day trading week at 105,513.1 points, up 366.55 points or 0.35%. Weekly turnover fell from HUF 55.54 billion last week to HUF 48.21 billion, with leading stocks strengthening except for Mol. On Monday, the BUX index closed at 105,519.51 […]

The volume of investments in Hungary was 8.0% lower according to raw data in the 2nd quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared with the previous quarter, based on seasonally adjusted data, the value of investments lessened by 1.1% at comparative prices. […]

General government consolidated gross debt at nominal value was 76.0% of GDP, amounting to HUF 63,981 billion, at the end of 2025 Q2, according to data published by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB). At the beginning of the year, the national debt stood at HUF 59,875.7 billion, which was 73.5% of the gross domestic […]

The Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) share index, the BUX, closed weekly trading at 105,146.55 points, up 860.41 points or 0.83%. Total turnover fell from HUF 92.57 billion in the previous week to HUF 55.54 billion, with the four leading stocks strengthening during the week, except for Mol, with Magyar Telekom leading the rise. The BUX […]