Sales of the Hungarian Government Securities Plus bond for retail investors now exceed more than 4,700 billion forints (EUR 13.6bn), Finance Ministry state secretary András Tállai said in Saturday’s issue of daily Magyar Nemzet.
Hungary’s government will offer microbusinesses and SMEs in the tourism sector 100 billion forints (EUR 290m) of 0% free-purpose credit from September, the head of the Hungarian Tourism Agency told MTI.
Gross wages came to 398,800 forints (EUR 1,150) in May, 9.4% higher than a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said.
Hungary posted a trade surplus in May of 102 million euros after plunging 561 million euros into the red in the previous month, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said.
Online sales in Hungary reached HUF 188bn in the second quarter, climbing 34pc from the same period a year earlier, data compiled by consultancy GKI Digital and internet marketplace Jofogas show.
The number of completed homes increased by 34.4% to 8,697 in the first half of 2020, compared to the same period last year while the number of new building permits dropped by 32.6% to 12,475 during the period, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said.
Hungary’s three-month rolling average jobless rate up to end-June was 4.6%, 0.5 of a percentage point higher than the previous three-month period and up 1.3 percentage points from twelve months earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. The rate covers unemployment among those between the ages of 15 and 74. In absolute terms, there were […]
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air booked a 108 million euro loss in the first quarter of its business year started on April 1, an earnings report posted on the London Stock Exchange, where the company’s shares are listed, shows.
ECB aims to strengthen cooperation between bank-specific and thematic supervisory teams New structure reinforces supervisory strategy and risk function, ensuring consistency of supervisory outcomes Reorganisation to foster transparency and predictability of supervisory actions The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today changes to the organisational structure of its supervisory arm to ensure continued effective and efficient […]
In the week ending 24 July 2020 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 1.6 billion to EUR 319.4 billion. As a result of the Eurosystem’s open market operations and standing facilities, net lending to credit institutions (asset item 5 minus liability items 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 4) increased […]
