Average gross earning nears HUF 700,000
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 693,700 and average net earnings reached HUF 479,500 in July 2025. Average gross earnings grew by 9.0%, net earnings increased by 9.4% and real earnings were 4.9% higher than a year earlier. The increase in net average ...
Industrial production shows signs of life
The volume of industrial production lagged behind the one year earlier level by 1.0% in July 2024. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one. Production declined in the majority of the manufacturing subsections. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, ...
Construction output volume grew by 4.9%
Construction output volume, based on raw, as well as on calendar-adjusted data was above the previous year’s level by 4.9% in July 2025. Among the main construction groups the construction of buildings rose by 5.7%, that of civil engineering grew by 4.7%. Based on ...
Inflation remains above 4 percent
Consumer prices were 4.3% higher on average in August 2025 than a year earlier. Compared to July, prices were unchanged on average.
Industrial production lessened by 1 percent
The volume of industrial production lagged behind the one year earlier level by 1.0% in July 2025. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial output was 2.0% higher than in June 2025.
Retail sales continue to underwhelm
In July 2025, the volume of retail trade in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 1.7% higher than in the same month of the previous year. Compared to the same period of the previous year, calendar-adjusted sale volumes expanded by 2.3% in specialized and ...
Household spending and services propped up economy as industry and agriculture slumped
The volume of Hungary’s gross domestic product was 0.1% higher according to raw data and 0.2% higher according to seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data in the 2nd quarter of 2025 than in the corresponding period of the previous year. Compared to the ...
Industrial producer prices up by 4.5 percent
Industrial producer prices were 4.5% higher on average in July 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 1.6% and non-domestic ones 5.9% higher than in July in the previous year. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices were up by 0.4% ...
Average gross earnings up by nearly 10 percent
Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 704,400 and average net earnings reached HUF 484,200 in June 2025. Average gross earnings grew by 9.7%, net earnings increased by 9.6% and real earnings were 4.8% higher than a year earlier. Median gross earnings were HUF ...
External trade in goods up by 3.5 percent
The surplus of the external trade in goods was EUR 578 million in July; compared to the same period of the previous year, the volume of export surpassed by 3.5%, that of import by 1.0% the one year earlier level.
