Estonia’s producer prices continued to decline in August, the latest data from Statistics Estonia (SE) shows. The producer price index declined 2.2% year-on-year in August. 

Thanks to the credit debt repayment moratorium extended to 30 June 2021, next year some HUF 400 to 450 billion could be left with families and businesses, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister Csaba Dömötör said, according to a report by government website kormany.hu.

North Macedonia’s real net wage increased by 7.1% year-on-year in July, after growing by an annual 4.8% in June, the State Statistical Office (Makstat) says. 

Online retail business eMAG has opened its second physical store in Mammut Shopping and Entertainment Center, awaiting customers with special opening week discounts until September 27, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

The number of registered unemployed people in Bosnia and Herzegovina rose by 4.7% year-on-year to 426,252 in July, the countryʼs Agency for Statistics (BHAS) says. 

Slovenia’s output prices fell 0.3% year-on-year in August, the latest figures from the Statistics Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS) show. 

In the economic environment transformed by the coronavirus epidemic, the risk of worsening debt chain problems and companies becoming insolvent has increased, especially in the areas most affected, according to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) Institute (GVI), writes adozona.hu. 

Neither GDP nor employment will reach the level of 2019 in 2021, only the growth will be high compared to this yearʼs weak performance, according to the analysis of Pénzügykutató Zrt., writes hvg.hu.

Poland’s retail sales growth in August was weaker than economists had expected, figures from the Warsaw-based Central Statistical Office (GUS) show. 

Leading politicians of Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party on Friday announced the collapse of the ruling coalition and the creation of a minority government after a political disagreement during a parliamentary vote on a bill beefing up animal protection, media including the Polish News Agency and Reuters report.

The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold HUF 9 billion of discount three-month T-bills at auction on Tuesday, cutting its original offer by HUF 6 bln on weak demand, according to a report by state news wire MTI.

Central Business Center, a well-known office building located in Inner Buda is undergoing a major renovation by ConvergenCE, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Croatia’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in August after easing in the previous two months, preliminary figures from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (Crostat) show.

The performance of Hungaryʼs transport sector dropped in the double-digits in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, suffering the impact of the coronavirus crisis, state news wire MTI reports, citing data compiled by the Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Poland’s industrial production advanced 1.5% annually in August compared to a 1.5% fall in the same period last year, data from the Warsaw-based Central Statistical Office (GUS) shows. 

European Union farm ministers discussed the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) at a meeting in Brussels on Monday, Hungaryʼs Agriculture Ministry told state news wire MTI on Tuesday.

Czech minister of the interior, Jan Hamáček, says that it was a “fatal error” to postpone the reintroduction of compulsory face masks, according to Czech Radio. 

The forint traded at 363.63 to the euro around 10 a.m. in the morning on Tuesday, weakening from 362.41 late Monday, according to a report by state news wire MTI.

In August, for the first time this year, more than 4.5 million people were again employed, according to the latest August flash estimate from the Central Statistical Office (KSH). 

Rates at commercial accommodations in Hungary are up about 7% year-on-year, on average, for reservations between September 1 and December 31, according to research conducted by booking site Szallas.hu for business daily Világgazdaság.