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 […]
Hungary's annualised consumer price index fell to 1.2% in July from 1.7% in the previous month, data released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) on Friday show. Food prices dropped 1.1% and fell 4.4% excluding the price of eating out. Pork prices declined 13.1% and fresh fruit prices dropped 12.5%, but cooking oil prices rose […]
Output of Hungary's industrial sector rose 10.1% year-on-year in June, a first reading of data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Thursday shows. Output rose 4.1% when adjusted for the number of workdays, of which there were two more than in the base period. Output rose in most branches of manufacturing. Among the […]
Home sales in Hungary fell 2.1% year-on-year to 9,292 in July, a monthly estimate by listed real estate broker Duna House shows. For the period January-July, home sales fell 9.7% year-on-year to 65,846. July saw the more subdued activity typical of the summer months in the Hungarian real estate market: 9,292 sales took place, which […]
Hungary's seasonally-adjusted Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) stood at 51.4 points in July, slipping from 51.6 in the previous month, the Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management (Halpim) said on Monday. The PMI was over the 50-point threshold, signaling expansion in the manufacturing sector. Among the PMI sub-indices, the new orders index fell 1.7 […]
Factory gate prices in Hungary edged down 0.4% year-on-year in June, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) show. Prices for domestic sale were up 1.8% while export prices decreased 1.4%. Domestic prices of the manufacturing sector, which have a 67.6% weight in the PPI, rose 1.1%. Domestic energy prices, which account for 30.0% […]
The number of guests at commercial and private tourism accommodations in Hungary fell 2.2% to 1,856,000 in June from the same month a year earlier. At the same time, the number of guest nights was down 2.5% at 4,328,000, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Wednesday show. The number of domestic guests […]
The jobless rate in Hungary for people between the ages of 15 and 74 stood at 4.4% in June, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Friday show. In absolute terms, there were 214,100 unemployed. The number of employed reached 4,645,800. The three-month rolling average for the number of employed reached 4,632,800, 27,900 […]
