Economy set for capacity boost in Q2 2021

Hungary is expected to see an increase in economic capacity from the second quarter of 2021 after businesses begin running the new technologies and machinery they invested in through the government's investment support scheme, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign affairs and trade minister, said on ...

Hungary Q3 GDP contracts by 4.6 pc

Hungary's economy shrank by 4.6 percent in the third quarter, according to a second reading of data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday.

Employment down by 0.8 pc in Aug-Oct

The three-month rolling employment figure in August-October was down 0.8 percent at 4,482,000 from the same period a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday.

Visegrad Group could power ahead with green policies

Visegrad Group countries could use green policies to multiply the effects of measures taken to restart their economies after the coronavirus pandemic is over, and Hungary could be a winner in the region, a fresh study published on Thursday said.

Pandemic spending lifts public debt to 73.8 percent of GDP

Government spending on coronavirus measures, among other expenditures, lifted Hungary's public debt to 73.8 percent of GDP at the end of the third quarter, up from 70.3 percent at end-Q2, the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said on Tuesday.

Inflation eases to 3 percent yr/yr in October

Consumer prices in Hungary rose by an annual 3.0 percent in October, level with the medium-term target of the National Bank of Hungary (NBH), the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Tuesday.