The latest Business Climate Survey of IEER is based on the answers of 2817 CEO respondents. According to the results, the Business Climate Index was at 58 points in April 2019. It’s the highest value since records began in 1998.

Businesses still seem to think that business climate remains favourable, so the upward trend, which began in October 2017, is continuing. This is mainly down to the fact that future business situation expectations have become more optimistic in the last half.

The Uncertainty Index dropped back by one point since October, now standing at 36. This shows that Hungarian businesses now assess their situation more homogenously compared to the previous research.

The working paper of IEER is based on a survey of 6781 company managers. The analysis examines the extent at which businesses active in Hungary may be affected by automation and also their attitute towards the implementation of new technologies. The proportion of employees on technically automatable jobs was also surveyed.

This analysis is based on data taken from the October 2018 Business Climate Survey conducted by the Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce's Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research (HCCI IEER), involving 2830 CEO respondents. The survey respondents were enquired about the presence of fringe benefits. The sample of responding companies can be considered representative regarding economic sector, region, and the number of employees.

According to our findings, 80% of surveyed companies offered their employees at least one type of fringe benefit in 2018, out of which, the two most popular were season tickets for local public transport and Erzsébet vouchers. The use of fringe benefits correlated with company size, foreign ownership rate, economic sector, and the economic situation of the companies involved. The use of fringe benefits was the most common at large companies employing 250+ people, businesses of predominantly foreign ownership, industrial companies, and those in a fair business situation.

The Quarterly Business Climate Survey of IEER is based on the survey of 400 CEO respondents about their business situation and expectations. The Quarterly Business Climate Index and the Quarterly Uncertainty Index were calculated from the full sample of 300 small and medium-sized enterprises (20-249 employees) and 100 large companies (250+ employees). For small and medium-sized enterprises, an SME Outlook Business Climate Index and an SME Outlook Uncertainty Index were calculated.

This analysis by IEER concerns the experience of Hungarian businesses with late payment and circular debt. The results are based on IEER's July 2018 Quarterly Business Climate Survey, which involved 400 domestic respondents. Based on the answers, 55% of businesses had at least one partner that paid late in the first half of 2018, and 8% of respondents made late payments themselves to their suppliers in the examined period. The issue of late payment most often hits medium-sized companies (with 100-249 employees) and the construction industry. The results show that businesses now have fewer late-paying partners on average than in the previous few years, and a smaller proportion of their income arrives late. However, the number of companies that failed to pay in time to their suppliers at least once due to the late payment of their customers slightly rose since January 2018.

The Quarterly Business Climate Survey of IEER is based on the answers of 400 CEO respondents, now surveyed about their business situation and expectations. The Quarterly Business Climate Index and the Quarterly Uncertainty Index were calculated from the full sample of 300 small and medium-sized enterprises (20-249 employees) and 100 large enterprises (250+ employees). For small and medium-sized enterprises, the SME Outlook Business Climate Index and the SME Outlook Uncertainty Index were calculated.

The following summary comprises the latest results gained from the largest representative survey series on the Hungarian labor market, made by IEER annually. In the study 6781 company leaders’ answers on employment, on the company’s business situation and on future expectations were registered and analyzed. The history of the survey series targeting short term expectations of the labor market goes back to the years following the regime change of 1989-90 in Hungary. The latest survey in this research program took place in September and October 2018 as the eleventh occasion of the collaboration between the Hungarian Ministry of Finance and the Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research (IEER) to forecast the short term economic prospects of the private sector, and to review corporations’ labor market decisions in an empirical study.

The latest Business Climate Survey of IEER is based on the answers of 2830 CEO respondents. According to the results, Business Climate Index was at 55 points as of October 2018, which has been the highest since records began in 1998. Trends that had started to improve in the previous half continued. Business climate is still regarded by companies as being very favourable, which can mainly be put down to the fact that expectations about investments in construction and machinery became significantly more optimistic in the previous half year. Uncertainty Index, currently at 37 points, is down two points compared to April 2018 results, meaning that the situation assessment of Hungarian businesses have become more homogeneous in the past two quarters.

This analysis is based on the July 2018 wave of IEER's Quarterly Business Climate Survey, in which 400 CEOs were involved. The sample, the structure of which is the same each quarter, contains 300 small and medium-sized enterprises (20-249 employees) and 100 large enterprises (250+ employees). Economic output and sectors are both representative. The survey mainly concerns the business situation and short-term business expectations of enterprises. Also featured in this wave is the popularity of various types and forms of fringe benefits.

This analysis is based on the July 2018 wave of IEER's Quarterly Business Climate Survey, in which 400 CEOs were involved. The structure of the sample is the same each quarter: it contains 300 small and medium-sized enterprises (20-249 employees) and 100 large enterprises (250+ employees). Economic output and sectors are both representative. The survey mainly concerns the business situation and short-term business expectations of enterprises. In this wave, the popularity of supplier activity was also surveyed.