Hungarian retail sales growth accelerates in November

Hungarian retail sales growth accelerates in November
By bne IntelliNews January 6, 2017

Hungarian retail sales increased 4.7% y/y in November, according to both raw and calendar-adjusted data, statistics office KSH said in a preliminary estimate on January 6.

The November reading represents an improvement compared to the previous month, when the rate of expansion slowed to 2.6%. A pick-up in retail sales growth, together with an increase in consumer confidence in December, supports hope that strong private consumption can drive of economic growth higher in 2017. 

In November, in specialized and non-specialized food shops, the volume of sales adjusted for calendar effects rose 2.1%. Turnover increased 8.1% in non-food retail trade and 3.9% in automotive fuel retailing. Across the first eleven months of the year, the volume of sales – according to calendar-adjusted data – was 4.7% higher compared to the same period in 2015.

Throughout 2016, strong private consumption has counterbalanced the feeble performance of the industrial and construction sectors. Analysts forecast that rising employment, income tax reduction, net real wage growth - which pushed to 7.4% y/y in the first ten months of the year - and low inflation will continue to provide a strong base for household consumption this year.

 

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