Construction output volume, boosted by the civil engineering segment, increased by 21.9% year-on-year and by 14.0% compared to the previous month in August 2026, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. In August 2026, construction output volume, based on both raw and working-day adjusted data, was 21.9% higher than a year earlier. Among the main construction […]
International reserves of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) stood at EUR 62.061 billion at the end of September, down EUR 1.441 billion from a month earlier, data released by the central bank on Wednesday show. Stock of cash, deposits and securities in the reserves slipped EUR 270 million to EUR 45.524 billion, while stock […]
Consumer prices were 1.6% higher on average in September 2026 than in same month of previous year. Compared to August, prices were up by 0.2%. In 12 months, compared to September 2025: Food prices decreased by 1.3% (and by 4.6% excluding food and beverage serving services), within which the price of potatoes went up by […]
Retail sales in Hungary rose 2.4% year-on-year in August, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday show. Retail sales rose at the same pace when adjusted for calendar year effects. Adjusted food sales edged up 0.5%, non-food sales rose 5.0% and turnover at petrol stations increased 3.1%. Online and mail-order sales volume, […]
Hungary's general government deficit reached HUF 5,261.9 billion at the end of September, widening by HUF 92.8 billion in September alone, a preliminary release of data by the Finance Ministry on Monday shows. The ministry noted that pre-financing in August related to funding from the European Union's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) had added HUF […]
In September, share turnover on the Budapest Stock Exchange’s spot equity market totaled HUF 566.6 billion, while the average daily trading volume rose to HUF 25.75 billion. The leading investment service providers remained unchanged, with Wood & Company, Concorde and Erste topping the rankings again in September, according to a BSE press release. International stock […]
Hungary had a EUR 481 million trade deficit in August, after months of surpluses, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Wednesday show. Exports rose 15.8% year-on-year to EUR 12.044 billion. Imports climbed 28.6% to EUR 12.525 billion. Hungary's energy trade deficit reached EUR 691 million in August, widening from EUR 578 million […]
Preliminary data show the number of births falling by 7.4% in August compared with the same month of the previous year, while deaths declined by 0.9%, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday. Marriages decreased by 12%, it added. Altogether, 5,922 children were born in August and 9,452 people died, while the natural decrease […]
Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport handled 2,137,301 passengers in August of this year, a 12.3% increase compared to the same period last year, Budapest Airport announced on Friday. Total passenger traffic for the summer months was 6.2 million, exceeding all previous summer figures and representing a 13.7% increase over last year. In August, the most […]
In July 2026, construction output volume, based on both raw and working-day adjusted data, was 12.2% lower than a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office reports. Output of both main construction groups decreased, that of buildings by 10.7% and that of civil engineering by 14.0%. Based on seasonally and working-day adjusted indices, construction output was […]
Hungary's annualized consumer price index inched up to 1.3% in August from 1.2% in the previous month, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday show. Food prices dropped 1.4% and fell 4.8% excluding the price of eating out. Fresh fruit prices dropped 15.6%, pork prices fell 12.9%, fresh vegetable prices were down […]
Output of Hungary's industrial sector rose 4.7% year-on-year in July, a first reading of data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Monday shows. Output rose at the same pace when adjusted for the number of workdays. Output fell in most branches of manufacturing, KSH said. Among the biggest, output of the automotive branch […]
Retail sales in Hungary rose 4.9% year-on-year in July, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Friday show. Retail sales rose at the same pace when adjusted for calendar year effects. Adjusted food sales increased 2.2%, non-food sales rose 6.5% and turnover at petrol stations climbed 8.1%. Online and mail-order sales volume, which […]
Hungary's seasonally-adjusted Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) stood at 51.3 points in August, edging down from 51.4 in the previous month, the Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management (Halpim) said on Tuesday. The PMI was over the 50-point threshold, signalling expansion in the manufacturing sector. Among the PMI sub-indices, the new orders index fell […]
The average and end-of-month stocks of external assets increased in July, the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reports. The increase was primarily the result of the EUR-denominated government bond issuance by the Government Debt Management Agency, changes in the forint exchange rate, and the decrease in the stock of swaps providing euro liquidity concluded with […]
