Construction output volume, based on raw data, lagged behind the previous year’s level by 0.5% in April 2025. Among the main construction groups the construction of buildings lessened by 5.7%, that of civil engineering grew by 6.5%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices construction output was above the March 2025 level by 5.3%.

Average gross earnings grow by nearly 10 percent

Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 708,300 and average net earnings reached HUF 486,500 in April 2025. Average gross earnings grew by 9.8%, net earnings increased by 9.6% and real earnings were 5.2% higher than a year earlier. Median gross earnings were HUF ...

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Industrial production drops 5 percent

The volume of industrial production lagged behind the one year earlier level by 5.0% in April 2025, based on working-day adjusted data, declined by 2.3%. Production dropped in the great majority of manufacturing subsections, at the highest rate in the manufacture of electrical equipment. ...

Industrial production down by 5 percent

The volume of industrial production lagged behind the one year earlier level by 5.0% in April 2025, based on working-day adjusted data, declined by 2.3%. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial output was 1.5% higher than in March 2025.

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Easter holiday sparks tourism revival

In April 2025, 1.4 million guests spent 3.4 million tourism nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodation establishments. The number of tourist arrivals was up by 17% and tourism nights by 16% compared to a year earlier, helped by Good Friday and Easter ...

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NBH raises gold reserves to 110 tonnes

The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has decided to raise the volume of monetary gold in its international reserves from 94.5 tonnes to 110 tonnes, the central bank said on Monday.

Experience vs. high salary

The biggest challenge for companies is to find employees with the right skills, while applicants have high salary expectations.