In the first month of this year, the slightly negative trend continued: according to the survey conducted by the GKI Economic Research Institute with the support of the EU, the outlook for both the business sector and consumers deteriorated compared to December, although in both cases only within the statistical margin of error. Even so, […]

Long-term demographic trends have an impact not only on the working-age population but also on future pensioners. Currently, there are 1 million 998 thousand old-age pensioners in Hungary, a number that is set to grow significantly in the coming years. How does this affect the sustainability of the pension system? That is the question the […]

Hungary's external trade balance and its impact on the economy are regularly discussed by analysts, but it is mostly the trade balance in goods that is discussed. However, the other important component of the domestic external trade balance, the external trade balance in services, is also important to address in the shadow of the reindustrialization […]

According to the empirical survey conducted by GKI Economic Research Co. with EU support, both businesses and households reported a somewhat less positive outlook in April than in March. Thus, GKI’s economic sentiment index decreased by 2 points, which is slightly smaller than the improvement in March (which was 3 points). The employment intentions of […]