Hungarian retail networks expand 0.5% y/y in Q1–Q3 '05 on the back of chains
There was a 0.5% increase in the number of retail units in Hungary during the first nine months of 2005 compared to the same period of last year, according to data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH).
Hungary's Nov. public sector deficit below forecast at HUF 135.5 bln; Jan-Nov gap 5.37% of GDP
Hungary's cash-flow based consolidated state budget deficit was HUF 1,197.1 bln at the end of November, some HUF 44 bln lower than the expected HUF 1,241.1 bln, the finance ministry announced on Tuesday.
Hungary's September foreign trade deficit confirmed at EUR 157 mln
Hungary's foreign trade deficit was EUR 157.2 mln in September 2005, according to revised data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH).
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Hungary's "Top 100" business outlook index prepared by the country's Ecostat research institute was up two percentage points to 53% in November, returning to a positive tendency on stable economic indicators after a fall in October, according to a monthly Ecostat report.
Liberalized natural gas market accounts for 6.7% of consumption in Hungary
Since the opening of Hungary's natural gas market to all non-residential consumers last year, 44 industrial consumers together accounting for 6.7% of all consumption have opted for the liberalized market, according to figures presented by Zoltan Csallokozi, head of the Hungarian Alliance of Gas Utilities (GE) during a conference Thursday.
