The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold a combined HUF 25 billion of securities at auction on Thursday, higher than its original offer, according to state news wire MTI.

During the first eight months of 2017, traffic at Budapestʼs Liszt Ferenc International Airport increased by 7.8% compared to the corresponding period of 2016, with delays significantly reduced, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) exchanged bonds maturing in 2020 for HUF 20.0 billion of bonds maturing in 2026 at a switch auction on Wednesday, state news wire MTI reported.

UniCredit Bank Hungary has been certified with immediate effect to offer "consumer-friendly" home loans, state news wire MTI cited the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) as saying on Monday.

The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reduced the limit on the stock of three-month deposits, the central bankʼs main sterilization instrument, to HUF 75 billion for the end of the fourth quarter at its policy meeting on Tuesday.

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) maintained its 2.4% inflation forecast for this year and kept its GDP projections unchanged for three years in its fresh quarterly Inflation Report released Tuesday.

Moody’s has assigned a first-time "Baa3" long-term issuer rating to Luxembourg-based CPI Property Group with a stable outlook. The same rating was given to the Group’s bond program.

Assets in investment funds managed by members of the Association of Hungarian Investment Fund and Asset Management Companies (BAMOSZ) amounted to HUF 5,993 billion in August, edging down 0.2% from the previous month, BAMOSZ said on Monday.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold HUF 15 billion worth of discount three-month T-bills at auction on Tuesday, in line with the original offer. The yield dropped to minus 0.05%, a new low, state news wire MTI reported.

The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) decided to keep the central bankʼs key rate on hold at 0.90% at its rate-setting meeting on Tuesday, as expected. Analysts cited by state news wire MTI, however, envisage tightening in 2018.

Mobile telecommunications service provider Vodafone will reduce the term of "loyalty contracts" it offers subscribers from two years to one year from Monday, state news wire MTI reported.

The expansion of the market in electric vehicles may have a negative impact on the Hungarian economy already within five years. Hungarian suppliers of major car manufacturers will be most affected by the trend, business news portal vg.hu cites an analysis as saying.

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) allotted HUF 25 billion of one-month forint swaps against euros at a tender on Monday, central bank data cited by state news wire MTI show.

The second biggest shopping mall in Budapest, Arena Plaza, has been sold to NEPI Rockcastle, a South African real estate investment firm specializing in investments in retail assets, according to reports.

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) has capped the amount of placements in its three-month deposit at a tender on Wednesday at HUF 125 billion, HUF 150 bln less than the deposits maturing in the facility, the tender invitation on the bankʼs website shows.

Hungarians are not very eager to relocate, especially those born in rural areas, according to data from a microcensus conducted last year, released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH).

The 21-year-old Cosima Soulez-Larivière won first prize in the violin category at the Grand Final of the inaugural Bartók World Competition, held at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest on Saturday evening.

Englandʼs Steve Davis and Welshman Mark Williams, two of the all-time snooker greats with eight world titles and a total of 46 ranking titles between them, chalk their cues for battle this October 23 at the Second Hungarian Snooker Gala exhibition in Budapest.

Insurance companies have paid out almost HUF 6 billion in compensation for damage caused to residential properties in Hungary by storms this summer, the Association of Hungarian Insurance Companies (Mabisz) told state news wire MTI Monday.

The value of purchases made in Hungary with locally issued bank cards rose 25% year-on-year to HUF 1,066 billion in the second quarter of 2017, the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) said in a quarterly report published Friday, cited by state news agency MTI.