PMI rises sharply in December

Hungary's seasonally-adjusted Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 63.1 points in December from 56.0 in November, the Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management (Halpim) said on Monday.

Government amends 2023 budget

ungary's government on Thursday issued a decree amending the 2023 budget, the finance ministry said. Next year's budget envisages GDP growth of 1.5 percent, a declining budget deficit and falling public debt, the ministry said.

Central bank leaves base rate on hold

Hungarian rate-setters on Tuesday left the base rate unchanged at 13 percent. The Monetary Council also decided at its policy meeting to keep the central bank's interest rate corridor unchanged.

Hungary-Germany economic ties on the upswing despite crises

The confidence of German investors in the Hungarian economy is unbroken, according to the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) and the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK), the ministry of foreign affairs and trade said on Friday.