In Hungary, around 60% of construction companies polled by industry association EVOSZ expect revenue to fall in 2026, the body said on Monday. A little over 43% of the 400 companies that responded to the survey said revenue had dropped in the first half. Around 80% of companies said a lack of orders was the […]

Three-fourths of the shared services centers (SSCs) in Hungary plan to add more higher value-added activities, the head of the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA), Bence Buday said at an industry conference on Wednesday. Outlining the results of a recent survey at the HIPA Business Services Hungary 2026 conference, Bence Buday added that 42% of […]

A billionaire's tax the government plans to introduce from 2027 enjoys broad support among households, while a little over half of companies expects the measure to have no impact on business, surveys by economic research institute GKI show. The representative survey of 1,000 people conducted in September shows 85% of Hungarians back the rollout of […]

48% of Hungarians use artificial intelligence (AI) at least occasionally for financial or insurance matters, but 64% of them still turn to people when making important decisions, according to an international representative survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the financial advisory firm OVB. A press release by OVB points out that the survey – […]

K&H’s Large-Cap Growth Index stood at 5 points in the third quarter compared to the previous three months, down from 9 points in the second quarter; despite this correction, optimism in the corporate sector remained high, Tibor Bodor, head of K&H’s corporate division, said on Monday in Budapest at a press conference presenting the report. […]

A recent European survey by the STADA Health Report 2026 paints a rather bleak picture of the Hungarian healthcare system: only 27% are satisfied with public healthcare, while 79% consider the shortage of healthcare professionals and long wait times to be the biggest problems. At the same time, there is a particularly high level of […]

According to Provident’s latest Financial Wellbeing survey, 28% of Hungarians have no money left at all by the end of the month, while in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Lithuania, this figure is 13% in each country. There is also a significant difference among the nine countries surveyed in terms of how much money the […]

Economic challenges have dramatically reshaped Hungarians’ financial strategies: due to persistent economic pressure, day-to-day survival has significantly overshadowed long-term goals – according to Provident Financial Ltd.’s latest Financial Wellbeing survey, which is conducted annually on a representative sample across nine countries. According to the survey, more than half of the Hungarian population (51%) still has […]

Hungarians are becoming increasingly cautious about taking out loans: nearly two-thirds of them did not take advantage of this option in the past year, and those who were forced to do so – as in recent years – turned first to family members for financial assistance, followed by banks, and then friends and colleagues. That […]

Despite geopolitical risks, the oil price shock and the strengthening forint, assets held in Hungarian private banking accounts grew in the first half of the year. According to latest private banking survey by the financial website portfolio.hu, the total amount in the accounts of Hungary’s wealthy exceeded HUF 13,600 billion at the end of June. […]

Not only did the K&H Innovation Index rise to a historic high of 33 points, but 47% of responding companies in the medium- and large-enterprise sectors viewed their own prospects optimistically, and they see the country’s outlook even more favorably: nearly two-thirds expect an improvement, the bank told MTI on Monday. According to a survey […]

According to a representative survey by MBH Investment Bank, 81% of the Hungarian adult population has savings, and 93% of savers are able to set money aside on a monthly basis. A savings-oriented mindset continues to dominate, but there are increasing signs that an investment-oriented mindset is also gaining ground: compared to last year, the […]

According to K&H Bank’s ‘Secure Future’ survey, the proportion of middle-aged people who are most financially vulnerable has fallen to a historic low in Hungary, and Hungarians’ financial resilience has improved significantly over the past year, the bank said in a statement sent to MTI on Sunday. Last year, 42% of the population would have […]

Commissioned by the GKI economic research institute in the spring of 2026, an online survey involving 211 participants was conducted on the extent and effects of social media use in Hungary. Although the research cannot be considered representative of the entire Hungarian population, the results still clearly identify the most important domestic social trends related […]

Hungary ranks 19th globally in the use of artificial intelligence, according to a Microsoft survey covering 147 countries, and among the Visegrád countries, Hungary has the highest rate of artificial intelligence usage, MTI reports. According to a Microsoft announcement, 32.2% of the working-age population in Hungary used artificial intelligence in the first quarter of 2026, […]