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.

Services trade surplus EUR 3.1 billion in Q2

Service exports calculated in EUR increased by 2.4%, imports lessened by 3.4% in the 2nd quarter of 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year. The surplus reached EUR 3.1 billion, EUR 423 million higher than in the 2nd quarter of 2024. ...

Real earnings grow by nearly 5 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 ...

Investments drop 8 percent

The volume of investments was 8.0% lower according to raw data in the 2nd quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year. Compared with the previous quarter, based on seasonally adjusted data, the value of investments lessened by 1.1% at ...

Automotive slowdown puts the brakes on Hungary’s industry

The volume of industrial production lagged behind the one year earlier level by 4.9% in June 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 up from last year

Construction output volume, based on raw data, was above the previous year’s level by 2.6% and by 0.9% based on calendar-adjusted index in June 2025. Among the main construction groups the construction of buildings rose by 0.4%, that of civil engineering grew by 6.5%. ...