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8th January, 2026
Unemployment steady in November
The jobless rate was 4.4% in November, as the number of registered unemployed was 213,500, the Central Statistics Office reports.
The corresponding figures were 4.4% and 217,400 in October, and 4.5% and 221,200 in November of 2024.
The number of employed persons was 4,637,100, down by 41,900 from 4,679,000 a year earlier.
In the September-November period, the number of employed was 4,655,600 of whom 106,100 were employees posted abroad and 75,400 were in the public works scheme.
That means 4,474,100 people worked in the domestic primary labour market, 43,100 less than the level measured in the same period of 2024.
The number of employed people has been below 4.5 million for several months.
The average number of unemployed in the September-November period was 216,200, down by 14,600 from 230,800 a year earlier, as the unemployment rate dropped from 4.7% to 4.4%.
The unemployment rate among men of working age was 4.7%, up from 4.6% a year earlier, and 4.2% among women, down from 4.8%.
The average period of unemployment was 12.3 months in September-November, when 33.9% of those unemployed had been out of work for more than a year.
According to different statistics compiled by the national employment service NFSZ, there were 221,000 registered unemployed at the end of November, a 1.9% decrease, year-on-year. (ksh.hu; portfolio.hu; economx.hu; telex.hu; mfor.hu; magyarnemzet.hu)
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8th January, 2026
Rise in industrial prices peters out
Industrial producer prices were down 2.7% year-on-year in November, reversing the 1.8% year-on-year growth in October, the Central Statistics Office announced on Wednesday.
Compared to the previous month, domestic sale prices rose by 0.3%, while export prices fell by 0.5%, so industrial producer prices decreased by 0.3% overall.
Domestic industrial producer prices sank by 1.1% in the manufacturing sector, which accounts for 62.7% of the total, and fell by 2.8% in the energy sector, which makes up 35.4%.
Export prices in manufacturing, with a weight of 91.8%, decreased by 2.2%, while prices in the energy sector, with a weight of 8%, plunged by 11.7%. (ksh.hu; economx.hu; mfor.hu)
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8th January, 2026
Property transfer tax exemption period extended
Effective January 1, property purchasers can claim property transfer tax relief on a replacement purchase if they sold their previous home within five years before the acquisition or within one year after it.
A recent amendment extended the exemption period to five years from the initial three.
The one-year post-purchase window remains unchanged.
The tax base will continue to be the difference between the market values of the two properties.
Without relief the standard property transfer tax stands at 4% of the acquired property’s market value, calculated without deducting any encumbrances. (portfolio.hu)
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8th January, 2026
AAK raises 3bn euros in eurobond sale
State debt manager AKK yesterday issued euro 3 billion in eurobonds, selling euro 2 billion of seven-year instruments and euro 1 billion of 12-year bonds, the latter structured as green securities, Reuters reports.
Investor demand was strong: bids exceeded euro 6.1 billion for the seven-year tranche and more than euro 3.8 billion for the 12-year green bonds. (portfolio.hu)
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