Economy

The volume of industrial production remained in March 2025 at the level of the same month of the previous year, while, based on working-day adjusted data, it lessened by 5.4%. Compared to crude data, the significant difference is due to the fact that there ...

Minister Nagy said that the most important question for 2026 was whether "Hungarian money would go to Ukraine".

In Q1 2025, 2,704 new dwellings were built, 2.7% fewer than a year earlier. The number of dwellings to be built on the basis of construction permits and simple declarations was 5,651, 25% more than in the same period of 2024.

The volume of export surpassed the same period of the previous year’s level by 5.0%, that of import by 6.4% in March 2025. The surplus was EUR 1.8 billion, the balance grew by EUR 173 million, year-on-year. The adjusted volume of export diminished by ...

The volume of Hungary’s gross domestic product stagnated according to raw data and was 0.4% lower according to seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data in the 1st quarter of 2025 than in the corresponding period of the previous year. Compared to the previous ...

In March 2025, 1.1 million guests spent nearly 2.7 million tourism nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodation establishments. Due to Good Friday and Easter falling entirely in April this year and the 15 March holiday not linked to a long weekend, the ...

Industrial producer prices were 7.3% higher on average in March 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 4.7% and non-domestic output prices 8.6% higher than in March in the previous year. The price rise was primarily caused by the annual weakening of ...

In March 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4 million 701 thousand. The number of unemployed persons was 211 thousand and the unemployment rate 4.3%.

The National Economy Ministry said the budget draft, "built on peace", contains Europe's largest tax reduction program and prioritises support for families and pensioners, while calculating with significant pay rises.

The prime minister said US President Donald Trump was re-negotiating tariffs with all countries where the US had a deficit, aiming to improve the current situation.