In November 2025, the gross average wage of full-time employees was HUF 756,400, while the net average wage was HUF 525,900. Gross wages increased by 8.9%, net wages by 10.2%, and real wages by 6.2% compared to the same month the previous year, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Friday.
Interest in newly built apartments reached a multi-year high at the beginning of 2026, while demand for used apartments fell significantly compared to the same period last year, real estate portal ingatlan.com told MTI on Wednesday.
In December 2025, consumer prices were on average 3.3 percent higher than a year earlier and 0.1 percent higher than in the previous month. In 2025 as a whole, prices increased by an average of 4.4 percent compared with the previous year, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Tuesday.
Bulgaria officially joined the euro area, becoming the 21st EU Member State to use the single European currency. Euro banknotes and coins have begun circulating, with the official conversion rate set at 1.95583 Bulgarian lev per 1 euro.
In October 2025, the gross average earnings of full-time employees amounted to HUF 692,700, while net average earnings were HUF 482,400. Gross average earnings exceeded the level of a year earlier by 8.7 percent, net average earnings by 10.0 percent, and real earnings by 5.5 percent, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Friday.
Recently in Debrecen, the issue of food waste took center stage at an MCC event, where several domestic and international experts shared their experiences.
“Real estate behaves like any other product: it is expensive when there is strong purchasing demand,” emphasized Géza Sebestyén, head of the MCC Economic Policy Workshop, during his November lecture in Debrecen.
One of the programs at Business Fest Debrecen was the lecture titled “Has Debrecen become the center of the country?!”, which examined the economic situation of the city and the region, as well as the impact of large-scale investments. The event took place from 9:45 to 10:25 on the ground floor at the Bényi Gallery, […]
In September 2025, the gross average earnings of full-time employees was 687,100 Forints, and the net average earnings were 475,100 Forints. The gross average earnings surpassed the previous year’s figure by 9.5 percent, the net average earnings by 10.0 percent, and real earnings by 5.5 percent, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Tuesday.
Hungarians are planning to spend about the same amount on Christmas presents this year as in 2024 — an average of 75,000 forints, according to a nationwide representative survey by Yettel.
