Hungary’s government submitted plans to Brussels on how the country would utilize more than 2,500 billion forints (EUR 7bn) distributed from the bloc’s recovery and resilience fund (RRF). The money can be spent on strategic development projects over the next six years. Earlier, the Cabinet indicated it would not make use of the EU’s credit […]

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 […]

In March 2021, the volume of industrial production exceeded the previous year’s low base level by 16.5%. Based on working-day adjusted data production rose by 16.2%. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data industrial output was 0.4% higher than in February 2021. As the Central Statistical Office reports, all manufacturing subsections contributed to the growth. […]

Hungarian enterprises are slow to adapt to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for business purposes as only 3% of local companies use AI in some form. This is less than half of the EU average, putting Hungary on the 25th slot on the list of 27 EU member states. Meanwhile Brussels is working on […]

The pandemic caused the deepest economic disruption worldwide since World War II, triggering severe disruptions in both supply and demand. The way ahead is extremely uncertain but there are signs that the stars may align for the global economy after the COVID-19 crisis. Despite unprecedented pressure and high levels of uncertainty, the global corporate community […]

Hungary’s budget deficit widened at an alarming pace in the first three months of 2021, prompting the Finance Ministry to modify the year-end target. Economists are concerned that the severeness of the pandemic will force the government to repeatedly review its forecasts for the year as the economic impact of the epidemic is set to […]

The volume of construction output in February 2021, based on raw data, was lower than the previous year’s level by 16.1%. Output decreased in both main groups of construction: in the construction of buildings by 16.7%, in civil engineering by 15.0%. In February 2021, compared to the same month of the previous year:– Output decreased […]

Consumer prices were 3.7% higher on average in March 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 0.7% on average. Compared to March 2020, food prices were up by 2.7%, within which the […]

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 […]