There were 543,000 registered unemployed in Hungary in September, down by 0.6% m/m, according to the latest data release of the State Employment Service (AFSZ). Their number decreased for a fifth consecutive month, which signals that the negative impact of the economic crisis on the labour market is bottoming out. Employers reported 28,400 new job positions in September, up by 4.4% m/m and 4.2% y/y. About half of the new jobs were state subsidised. |
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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