Registrations of new cars in Hungary increased by 20.2% y/y to 4,262 vehicles in February 2012, MTI news agency reported, citing data from market researcher Datahouse. New car registrations surged by 44% in January 2012. The favourable dynamics was party due to the introduction of lower vehicle registration tax (30% on average) as of January 1, 2012. The number of all new vehicles registrations grew by 17.3% y/y to 5,520 units in February 2012. Registrations of light vehicles were up by 21.1% y/y to 953 units, while of heavy commercial vehicles declined 3.2% y/y to 245 units. The number of newly-registered motorcycles dropped 46.2% y/y to 57. Only 6 buses were registered last month compared to 21 in February 2011. |
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