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Hungary's GDP grew 0.9% quarter-on-quarter in Q3, adjusted for seasonal and calendar year effects, marking the end of a technical recession, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) confirmed in a second reading of data released on Friday.

Farm input prices in Hungary rose 5.4% year-on-year in Q1-Q3, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) show.

October has finally brought the much-awaited single-digit inflation figure, and the third-quarter GDP data was also good news. For all that, 2023 might be considered a “lost year.” As for the 2024 outlook, analysts’ opinions vary greatly. They agree, however, that while the worst has been left behind, a difficult and lengthy recovery is still ahead.

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Home rental rates in Hungary rose 12.8% year-on-year in October, data compiled by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) from listings site Ingatlan.com show.

Food prices have declined but everything else seems to be up, according to the Central Statistical Office. Heres the report.

Hungarian farmers have harvested 2m tonnes of sunflower seed this year, Agriculture Ministry state secretary Zsolt Feldman said on Tuesday, citing data from the National Agriculture Chamber, according to a report by state news wire MTI.

The price of arable land in Hungary averaged HUF 2.1 million per hectare in 2022, rising 10% from a year earlier, state news wire MTI reports, citing data compiled by the Central Statistical Office (KSH).

October inflation will be "very close to 10%", Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, said at a regular press briefing on Thursday, according to a report by state news wire MTI.