New working life report for Eurofound
The new Eurofound report about working life developments in Hungary in the third quarter of 2018, prepared with the contribution …
News
New records in the manufacturing sentiment indicator
In the third quarter of 2017, a new record has been reached in the manufacturing sentiment indicator.
Hungary has improved its competitiveness ranking
Hungary has improved 9 places, it is the 60th in the world and the 24th most competitive country in the EU according to WEF Competitiveness Index.
Kopint Commentary
Surprisingly strong GDP growth in Q3
According to the preliminary data, GDP expanded by 4.8 percent year-on-year, a rate well above expectations. Even more notably, the …
Industrial growth keeps sputtering
According to the preliminary data, industrial production contracted by 0.6 percent in September on an annual basis. Export sales presumably …
Research
Country analysis of Hungary of the Competence Distribution by Levels of Government in Relation to Regional Development Policies
The country analysis for Hungary, commissioned by Ismeri Europe, collects detailed regional data from national sources and information on distribution of competences, its evolution and the role of EU Cohesion Policy in development across different regions.
Overview of the EU policy environment shaping public expenditure management and the composition of social expenditures in the EU 15 and the EU 10
The study, commissioned by the UNICEF, aims to review the environment shaping public expenditures in general and social expenditures in particular in the new member-states (NMS) of the European Union (EU-10) as compared with the older members (EU-15).
Kopint in the Press
Another setback in industrial growth
Following the spectacular growth in September (buttressed by a sizeable calendar effect), October brought another negative turn: industrial production decreased …
Kopint economists in Világgazdaság
Éva Palócz, Zoltán Ádám and Zoltán Matheika in business daily Világgazdaság
Éva Palócz also responded to the poll question of the journal ‘Külgazdaság’
The question of “How far do structural changes either occuring spontaneously or as a result of the changing state regulation …
