Consumer prices were 21.1% higher on average in October 2022 than a year earlier. The highest price rises were measured for electricity, gas and other fuels as well as food over the last twelve months. In one month, consumer prices increased by 2.0% on average, the Central Statistical Office reports. In 12 months, compared to […]
Nearly 570,000 workers earn a guaranteed minimum wage of HUF 260,000 gross or less, which is nearly 20% of full-time employees, according to data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office KSH). KSH has published its analysis of the second quarterly wage data. It shows that wages are growing fast in Hungary, but also that a […]
In August 2022, the volume of export was 18% and that of import was 14% higher than in the same period of the previous year. The deficit was EUR 1.6 billion, the balance deteriorating by EUR 863 million year-on-year, the Central Statistical Office reports. Compared to July, the seasonally and working-day adjusted volume of export […]
Industrial producer prices rose by 42.7% on average in September 2022 in Hungary, compared to one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 66.2% and non-domestic output prices 30.7% higher, the Central Statistical Office reports. The higher rate of increase in domestic output prices was owing to the larger proportion of the energy industry there, where […]
In September 2022, 7,673 children were born and 10,016 people died according to preliminary data. Thus, the natural decrease was almost 40% higher than a year before. In the last twelve months, i.e. between October 2021 and September 2022, the number of births diminished by 2.6%, that of deaths by 8.1% and the number of […]
In August 2022 the volume of industrial production grew by 14.4% year-on-year. Based on working-day adjusted data production rose by 9.3%. Compared to crude data, the significant difference is due to the fact that there were two more working days in August 2022 than in the same month of the previous year, the Central Statistical […]
The value of Hungarian exports in EUR terms was 37% and that of Hungarian imports 41% larger in August 2022 than in the same period of the previous, pandemic year, the country’s Central Statistical Office reported this Monday. The balance of the external trade in goods deteriorated by EUR 582 million. Compared to the previous […]
