According to the annual edition of the IMD World competitiveness yearbook, Hungary has lost competitive edge, dropping 5 positions to the 47th place over a year. The rankings, made for 59 economies around the world, are based on the assessment of the countries developments in four major areas - economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency and infrastructure, which are further estimated by several sub-indices. Hungary ranked 44th in terms of economic performance (40th previously), 50th in terms of business efficiency (47th previously) and 52nd in terms of government efficiency (51st previously). On a regional scale, Hungary outperformed Slovakia (48th), but was 15 places behind Poland and 19 places behind the Czech Republic. |
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