Hungary: Economic and Financial Data

Date of last update: 18 May 2012

This page is updated whenever new data are released.

The data shown in this page correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). For a fuller explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which Hungary has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.

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Unless otherwise indicated, data are preliminary when first released and are not seasonally adjusted.

Comma (,) represents decimal point delimiter.

Figures may not sum due to rounding.

Acronyms used: HUF – Hungarian Forint; BUX – Budapest Stock Exchange Index

REAL SECTOR

SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Observations				More info
		Period of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	% change from same period last year
National accounts						http://www.ksh.hu
* GDP at current market prices	HUF billion	Q4/11	7853,9	7192,5
** Household final consumption expenditure	HUF billion	Q4/11	3816,5	3742,8
** Social transfer in kind from government	HUF billion	Q4/11	794,1	728,6
** Social transfer in kind from NPISHs	HUF billion	Q4/11	104,1	98,2
** Actual final consumption of households	HUF billion	Q4/11	4714,7	4569,7
** Actual final consumption of government	HUF billion	Q4/11	758,5	694,1
** Actual final consumption, total	HUF billion	Q4/11	5473,2	5263,8
** Gross fixed capital formation	HUF billion	Q4/11	1591,4	1197,5
** Exports	HUF billion	Q4/11	7099,4	6428,9
** Imports	HUF billion	Q4/11	6635,5	5909,4
** External balance of goods and services	HUF billion	Q4/11	463,9	519,5
** Changes in inventories	HUF billion	Q4/11	325,3	211,7
* GDP at constant prices	HUF billion at 2005 prices	Q4/11	5912,8	5695,3	1,4	http://www.ksh.hu  http://www.ksh.hu
** Household final consumption expenditure	HUF billion	Q4/11	2822,9	2865,1	0,1
** Social transfer in kind from government	HUF billion	Q4/11	619,1	595,3	-1,4
** Social transfer in kind from NPISHs	HUF billion	Q4/11	78,4	78,8	3,0
** Actual final consumption of households	HUF billion	Q4/11	3520,6	3540,2	-0,2
** Actual final consumption of government	HUF billion	Q4/11	587,0	545,8	-4,4
** Actual final consumption, total	HUF billion	Q4/11	4108,9	4087,0	-0,2
** Gross fixed capital formation	HUF billion	Q4/11	1306,2	1006,7	-4,4
** Exports	HUF billion	Q4/11	6023,4	5863,6	4,9
** Imports	HUF billion	Q4/11	5425,0	5254,5	1,7
** External balance of goods and services	HUF billion	Q4/11	598,4	609,0
** Changes in inventories	HUF billion	Q4/11	n.a.	n.a.
Production index						Preliminary data about the change in the industrial output
* Volume of gross industrial output	seasonally and working- days adjusted, 2005 monthly average = 100,0	Mar/12	113,2	112,5	0,6
Labor market						Employment Unmployment
* Employment	persons, thousand final	Jan/12-Mar/12	3791,3	3793,9
* Unemployment	persons, thousand final	Jan/12-Mar/12	504,1	497,4
	% of labor force	Jan/12-Mar/12	11,7	11,6
* Wages/earnings	average monthly gross earnings in HUF	Mar/12	222741	216478	2,7	Number of employees and earnings in the national economy
Price indices
* Consumer prices	December previous year=100,0 final	Apr/12	104,5	103,7		Consumer prices
* Producer prices	December previous year=100,0 final	Mar/12	99,2	99,0		Industrial producer prices

FISCAL SECTOR

SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Observations				More info
		Period of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	% change from same period last year
General government operations						http://www.allamkincstar.gov.hu
* Total revenues	HUF million	2010	12417480	12424471
* Total expenditures	HUF million	2010	13538943	13438786
* General government surplus/deficit	HUF million	2010	-1121464	-1014315
* Total financing	HUF million	2010	1121464	1014315
** Foreign	HUF million	2010	537192	1916669
** Domestic	HUF million	2010	584272	-902354
*** Bonds	HUF million	2010	584151	-1006088
*** Treasury bills	HUF million	2010	-126345	39447
*** Loans	HUF million	2010	272598	15526
*** Other liabilities 1)	HUF million	2010	-335034	56417		1) This line contains the privatization receipt ransferred by the privatization company (ÁPV Rt.): 166,5 billion Forints
***Equities in Central Bank	HUF million	2010	0	0		Capital increase due to revaluation
*** Changes in cash for liquidity purposes	HUF million	2010	188902	-7657
Central government operations						Nemzetgazdasagi-miniszterium
* Total revenues	HUF million	Mar/12	920109	1048734
* Total expenditures	HUF million	Mar/12	1151056	1442674
* Central government surplus/deficit	HUF million	Mar/12	-230947	-393940
* Total financing	HUF million	Mar/12	230947	393940
** Foreign	HUF million	Mar/12	175400	-168800
** Domestic	HUF million	Mar/12	35796	361432
*** Bonds	HUF million	Mar/12	124200	83700
*** Treasury bills	HUF million	Mar/12	32700	194700
*** Loans	HUF million	Mar/12	-200	-5300
*** Other liabilities2)	HUF million	Mar/12	-120904	88332
*** Changes in cash deposits and securities held for liquidity purposes	HUF million	Mar/12	19751	201308
Central government debt						http://www.akk.hu For daily data please click on:
*** Total domestic currency debt	HUF billion	Q1/12	11060,79	10362,19
- short-term	HUF billion	Q1/12	2158,52	1798,59
- long-term	HUF billion	Q1/12	8902,27	8563,60
**** Loans	HUF billion	Q1/12	589,83	590,83
**** Government securities	HUF billion	Q1/12	10470,96	9771,37
*** Total foreign currency debt	HUF billion	Q1/12	9427,73	10170,43
- short-term	HUF billion	Q1/12	0,00	0,00
- long-term	HUF billion	Q1/12	9427,73	10170,43
**** Loans	HUF billion	Q1/12	4035,91	4458,10
**** Government securities	HUF billion	Q1/12	5391,82	5712,33
** Total outstanding debt	HUF billion	Q1/12	20488,52	20532,62
**Mark-to-market deposits placed at AKK	HUF billion	Q1/12	338,29	422,89
*Grand total central government debt	HUF billion	Q1/12	20826,81	20955,51
** Guaranteed debt	HUF billion	Q1/12	–	2469,65

FINANCIAL SECTOR

SDDS data category and component

Unit description

Observations

More info

Period of latest data

Latest data

Data for previous period

% change from same period last year

Analytical accounts of the banking sector

Magyar Nemzeti Bank

* Monetary aggregates

** M1

HUF billion

Mar/12

6896,1

6936,5

** M2

HUF billion

Mar/12

14784,6

14648,6

** M3

HUF billion

Mar/12

16451,7

16386,3

** Loans to residents

HUF billion

Mar/12

17149,8

17104,9

** Loans to general government

HUF billion

Mar/12

685,7

720,2

** Loans to other residents

HUF billion

Mar/12

16464,1

16384,7

** Net external assets

HUF billion

Mar/12

3448,2

3194,9

Analytical accounts of the central bank

Magyar Nemzeti Bank

* Monetary base

HUF billion

Apr/12

3211,3

3320,4

* Loans to general government1

HUF billion

Apr/12

0,0

0,0

* Loans to other residents2

HUF billion

Apr/12

64,9

8,5

* Net external assets

HUF billion

Apr/12

8890,5

8684,7

Interest rates

Statistical Time Series

* Base rate of the NBH

% per annum

Dec/11

7,00

6,50

For daily data please click on: http://english.mnb.hu

* Overnight interbank lending rate

% per annum

Mar/12

6,21

6,33

* 1 month interbank lending rate

% per annum

Mar/12

7,00

7,00

Yields on Treasury bills and Government Bonds

Benchmark yields Average vield at auctions Daily data

Corporate

* Short-term lending rates

% per annum

Mar/12

10,05

9,98

* Short-term deposit rates

% per annum

Mar/12

6,72

6,72

Household

* Lending rates

% per annum

Mar/12

16,61

16,76

* Sight deposit rates

% per annum

Mar/12

1,99

2,02

Financial soundness indicators

http://fsi.imf.org/docs/country/All%20FSIs_944.xls

Stock market index (SPI)

BUX 02/01/1991=1000

Mar/12

18635,67

19286,54

For daily data please click on: http://www.bse.hu

EXTERNAL SECTOR

SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Observations				More info
		Period of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	% change from same period last year
Balance of payments						Magyar Nemzeti Bank
* Current account balance	EUR million, final	Q4/11	27,3	415,0
** Exports of goods and services	EUR million, final	Q4/11	23288,5	23258,5
** Imports of goods and services	EUR million, final	Q4/11	21803,7	21431,6
** Income, net	EUR million, final	Q4/11	-1685,8	-1614,4
** Current transfers, net	EUR million, final	Q4/11	228,4	202,4
* Capital account, net	EUR million, final	Q4/11	686,0	695,0
* Financial account, net	EUR million, final	Q4/11	-1587,7	1071,5
**Direct investment, net	EUR million, final	Q4/11	1500,4	-635,5
**Portfolio investment, net	EUR million, final	Q4/11	-1179,4	2055,2
**Other investment, net	EUR million, final	Q4/11	-1546,3	10,7
* International reserves	EUR million, final	Q4/11	1096,4	-1278,0
International reserves						Magyar Nemzeti Bank
* Total reserves	USD million	Apr/12	46456	46281
**Foreign currency assets	USD million	Apr/12	41209	42182
** Gold	USD million	Apr/12	164	164
**SDRs	USD million	Apr/12	779	778
**IMF reserve position	USD million	Apr/12	114	114
**Other reserve assets	USD million	Apr/12	4190	3042
International reserves and foreign currency liquidity	EUR million	Apr/12				Magyar Nemzeti Bank Magyar Nemzeti Bank
Merchandise trade						External trade, First estimates
* Total exports	USD million, f.o.b.	Mar/12	9336,9	8717,0	-8,4
* Total imports	USD million, c.i.f.	Mar/12	8532,7	7827,2	-5,3
International investment position						Magyar Nemzeti Bank
* Assets	EUR million, final	Q4/11	243317,2	219869,2
** Direct investment	EUR million, final	Q4/11	175284,9	150176,8
** Portfolio investment	EUR million, final	Q4/11	6467,5	6826,5
- equity securities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	5287,3	5496,7
- bonds and notes	EUR million, final	Q4/11	1150,8	1298,0
- money market instruments	EUR million, final	Q4/11	29,4	31,8
- financial derivatives	EUR million, final	Q4/11	4117,7	3853,4
** other foreign assets	EUR million, final	Q4/11	19672,6	20248,8
- short-term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	12553,6	13021,0
- long-term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	7119,0	7227,8
** Reserve assets	EUR million, final	Q4/11	37774,5	38763,7
* Liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	334959,1	324557,5
** Direct investment	EUR million, final	Q4/11	219457,1	202072,7
** Portfolio investment	EUR million, final	Q4/11	40601,2	44958,2
- equity securities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	7464,0	7332,7
- bonds and notes	EUR million, final	Q4/11	30757,9	35017,7
- money market instruments	EUR million, final	Q4/11	2379,3	2607,8
- financial derivatives	EUR million, final	Q4/11	5342,5	5751,9
** other foreign liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	69558,3	71774,8
- short-term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	22059,9	22241,3
- long-term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	47498,4	49533,5
Gross external debt						Magyar Nemzeti Bank
* Direct investment (intercompany) debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	56842,0	47216,9
** Debt liabilities to affiliated enterprises	EUR million, final	Q4/11	3529,1	1140,9
** Debt liabilities to direct investors	EUR million, final	Q4/11	53312,9	46076,0
* Other debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	102695,5	109400,3
** General government	EUR million, final	Q4/11	48095,1	53782,9
*** Short term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	4631,1	4760,2
- Money market instruments	EUR million, final	Q4/11	1045,0	1807,8
- Loans and other debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	3586,1	2952,5
*** Long term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	43464,0	49022,6
- Bonds and notes	EUR million, final	Q4/11	26376,5	30020,2
- Loans and other debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	17087,5	19002,4
** Central Bank	EUR million, final	Q4/11	6129,9	3328,4
*** Short term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	4498,1	1733,4
- Currency and deposit	EUR million, final	Q4/11	73,9	128,7
- Money market instruments	EUR million, final	Q4/11	1327,5	793,7
- Loans and other debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	3096,7	810,9
*** Long term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	1631,8	1595,0
- Bonds and notes	EUR million, final	Q4/11	126,8	123,8
- Loans and other debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	1505,0	1471,3
** Other monetary institutions	EUR million, final	Q4/11	29551,1	33701,1
*** Short term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	10396,0	13665,2
- Currency and deposit	EUR million, final	Q4/11	9410,1	11766,0
- Money market instruments	EUR million, final	Q4/11	6,3	5,9
- Loans and other debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	979,6	1893,2
*** Long term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	19155,1	20036,0
- Bonds and notes	EUR million, final	Q4/11	2938,8	3463,2
- Loans and other debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	16216,3	16572,8
** Other sectors	EUR million, final	Q4/11	18919,4	18587,8
*** Short term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	4914,0	4690,3
- Money market instruments	EUR million, final	Q4/11	0,4	0,4
- Trade credits	EUR million, final	Q4/11	3702,5	3614,2
- Loans and other debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	1211,0	1075,7
*** Long term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	14005,4	13897,5
- Bonds and notes	EUR million, final	Q4/11	1315,8	1410,5
- Trade credits	EUR million, final	Q4/11	17,0	16,8
- Loans and other debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	12672,6	12470,2
*Gross external debt	EUR million, final	Q4/11	159537,5	156617,2
** Short term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	24439,2	24849,1
** Long term	EUR million, final	Q4/11	78256,3	84551,2
** Direct investment (intercompany) debt liabilities	EUR million, final	Q4/11	56842,0	47216,9
** Denominated in foreign currencies	EUR million, final	Q4/11	127509,1	122318,9
** Denominated in Forints	EUR million, final	Q4/11	32028,3	34298,2
Exchange rates						For daily data please click on: http://english.mnb.hu http://arfolyam.iridium.hu/ Magyar Nemzeti Bank
* Euro	HUF per 1 Euro (monthly average)	Mar/12	292,18	290,61
* US Dollar	HUF per 1 USD (monthly average)	Mar/12	220,96	219,57

POPULATION

SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Observations				More info
		Period of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	% change from same period last year
Population	persons, thousand	Feb/12	9957	9960		Vital events

NON-SDDS DATA

SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Observations				More info
		Period of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	% change from same period last year
Balance of payments						Magyar Nemzeti Bank
* Non-debt creating financing, net	EUR million, final	Q4/11	-3260,0	1695,3

FOOTNOTES:

1 Claims on central government. [ Back ]

2 Claims on banks, non-bank financial institutions and non-financial institutions - private and public. [ Back ]

3 Gold is valued at the spot price announced on the Reuters page EFX=prevailing at 11 a.m. CET on the

reference date at the end of each month. [Back ]

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