The catering industry is undeniably one of the hardest hit sectors by the coronavirus pandemic. With dining-in forbidden for months, industry players have been forced to resort to drastic measures to survive. While opposition politicians are challenging the government for not doing enough to help them, experts warn that many market players are unlikely to […]

Despite the fact that manufacture of transport equipment that represents the largest weight dropped to a greater extent, the volume of industrial production grew in Hungary in February by 1.9% year-on-year. Based on working-day adjusted data production rose by 3.9%. Industrial output was 4.8% higher, compared to the previous month, according to seasonally and working-day […]

According to preliminary data the deficit of the general government sector in 2020 was HUF 3,870 billion, 8.1% of GDP. The balance deteriorated by HUF 2,882 billion, or by six percentage points as a proportion of GDP compared to the previous year. According to the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH), the significant deterioration was due to the economic impact of […]

After the pandemic decimated Hungary’s economy last year, the question on everyone’s mind is whether the nation’s GDP will be able to climb out of the hole. While the National Bank of Hungary is confident that 2021 will be a strong year for the economy, the country’s protracted struggle to stem the spread of the […]

In January 2021 the volume of industrial production in Hungary fell by 6.7% year-on-year. Based on working-day adjusted data, production declined by 2.8%, according to the Central Statistical Office. The largest weight carrying manufacture of transport equipment representing 25% of the manufacturing output was 28% lower than a year earlier. The global semiconductors shortage contributed […]

Few business sectors have been as hard hit globally by the coronavirus pandemic as tourism and Hungary is no exception to this sad reality. As tourism-related revenues have fallen off a cliff and government aid has been all but a trickle, the sector is struggling for survival. In the decade leading up to 2020, Hungary’s […]

Consumer prices were 3.1% higher on average in February 2021 than a year earlier, Hungary's Central Statistical Office reports. Relatively significant price rises were measured over the last 12 months for alcoholic beverages and tobacco, and price rises slightly exceeding the average for food and consumer durables. In one month, consumer prices increased by 0.7% on average, […]

In January 2021 the volume of industrial production fell by 6.7% year-on-year. Based on working-day adjusted data production declined by 2.8%, the Central Statistical Office reports. Compared to crude data, the significant difference is due to the fact that there were two less working days in January 2021 than in January 2020. Industrial output was […]

Defying all expectations, the Hungarian economy expanded in the fourth quarter of 2020. This gives a significant boost to the 2021 outlook. Expectations had not been particularly high for fourth-quarter economic activity in 2020. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suggested the economy probably contracted by 5.1% to 5.2% in 2020 as a whole, meaning borderline […]

Although, economic performance in Hungary grew by 1.1% compared to previous quarter but it decreased by 3.7% compared to a year earlier. The gross domestic product of Hungary went down by 3.7% according to raw data and by 4.3% according to seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data in the 4th quarter of 2020 compared to […]

Construction output volume in December 2020 in Hungary decreased by 0.3% in one year, and by 3.1% compared to the previous month. The volume of construction output in December 2020, based on raw data published by the Central statistical Office this Monday, was 0.3% lower compared to the previous year. Output of the two main […]

In December 2020 the volume of industrial production in Hungary grew by 5.8% year-on-year. Based on working-day adjusted data, this figure was 1.1%. As for the whole of 2020, industrial production declined by 6.1% compared to the previous year. In December 2020: The volume of industrial production increased by 5.8% compared to the same period […]

Last year, the Hungarian economy probably contracted by as much as 5.5% due to the coronavirus crisis, but GDP growth in 2021 may approach 6%, according to a recently published assessment by the National Bank of Hungary. The central bank identified the areas where the Hungarian economy performed well during the crisis and highlighted 8 […]

Surplus on external trade in goods amounted to EUR 310 million in December, exports decreased by 18% and imports by 14% compared to November. Latest figures by the Central Statistical Office suggest that in EUR terms, the value of exports was 12% and that of imports 9.2% higher in December 2020 than in the same period of […]

As the economic malaise brought about by the pandemic is expected to stay with us in the first half of 2021, the property market will continue to be affected but a slow recovery may be in the cards. Analyses published recently by the Central Statistical Office, Takarékbank and real estate experts at Duna House project […]