The number of registered job-seekers decreased increased 0.5% y/y to 549,000 in August 2011, MTI news agency reported, quoting employment agency data. Seasonally adjusted, the number of unemployed fell by 1,000 from July. The monthly decline reflects a 5.7% m/m rise in job vacancies. The number of long-term unemployed, searching for jobs, fell both on the year and on the month to 144,200. Some 44,000 new jobs were opened in August, by 5.7% more from the previous month and 61.8% from a year ago, as the majority of them were announced at opened state-subsidised companies. |
Hungary's investment funds had aggregate assets of HUF 3.657tn (EUR 11.98bn) as of end-February 2013, up by 3.2% m/m, MTI news agency reported citing data from the association of investment funds ... more
The number of employees in Hungary's public and private sectors fell for the tenth straight month in January 2013 declining by 0.6% y/y to 2.574mn, the statistics office informed. The decline ... more
The assembly of state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM) has approved the purchase of the local gas business of German power utility E.ON, Hungary AM reported, citing local daily Magyar ... more