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26 of May, 2016Research
Results of the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Survey - April 2016

The results of the latest quarterly business climate survey reveal slightly more favourable economic condition compared to the previous quarter: the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Index increased from 32 to 33 points, which is the highest value in the history of the indicator. It was only 24 points in the same period of the previous year. The Uncertainty Index is at a current level of 35 points, which is slightly lower than in the previous quarter (it was 37 points in January 2016). The value of the Uncertainty Index indicates that the current trend is not uniform within the private sector, and that it will continue to be confined to one part of the economy and will not be felt by all companies.

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15 of February, 2016Research
Results of the IEER SME Outlook Survey January 2016

The results of the latest IEER SME Outlook business climate survey reveal more favourable economic conditions compared to the previous quarter: the Business Climate Index increased from 20 to 25 points, which is the highest value since the beginning of the research (January 2005). This value is far higher than the one in January 2015 (16 points). The Uncertainty Index is at a current level of 37 points, which is almost the same as the value measured in the preceding quarter (it was 38 points in October 2015). The value of the Uncertainty Index indicates that the current trend is not uniform within the private sector, and that it will continue to be confined to one part of the economy and will not be felt by all small and medium sized companies.

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8 of February, 2016Research
Results of the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Survey, January 2016

The results of the latest quarterly business climate survey reveal considerably more favourable economic condition compared to the previous quarter: the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Index increased from 24 to 32 points, which is the highest value in the history of the indicator. It was only 19 points in the same period of the previous year. The Uncertainty Index is at a current level of 37 points, which is slightly lower than in the previous quarter (it was 38 points in October 2015). The value of the Uncertainty Index indicates that the current trend is not uniform within the private sector, and that it will continue to be confined to one part of the economy and will not be felt by all companies.

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3 of February, 2016Research
Plans for wage rises in the private sector, 2016

In the course of its latest business climate survey HCCI Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research (IEER) examined potential changes in wages in the year 2016. According to our estimation enterprises plan raising gross salaries by 3.0-3.2%. This is an average wage growth, which slightly exceeds last year’s increase.

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27 of January, 2016Research
Short-term Labor Market Forecast – 2016

The latest survey for the annual “Short-term labor market forecast” research project of the Ministry of National Economics and HCCI Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research (IEER) took place in September-October 2015. During the survey county government offices and IEER staff interviewed 7,112 company managers about their current and expected need for labor. The results can be considered representative by the companies’ geographical location and economic sector, and within this by employee numbers. In the following the results of this research are presented compared to other relevant data sources and estimates.

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9 of December, 2015Research
Internet usage of Hungarian firms

In our following brief analysis we examine for what purposes domestic enterprises generally use the internet. Our analysis is based on data from the business climate survey conducted by the Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research (IEER) in October 2015.

The data show that the highest proportion of firms surveyed use the internet for administration (e.g. the Hungarian version of an electronic civil service portal called “Ugyfelkapu” or “Client Gateway”), email correspondence with customers, and to follow market trends. Just over half of the analyzed companies have their own website, which is explained by the large number of micro businesses employing fewer than 10 people. The computer systems themselves along with the security of the stored information and the modern state of the technology were all regarded to be very important by the companies.

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11 of November, 2015Research
Results of the IEER Business Climate Survey – October 2015

According to the results of the IEER Business Climate Survey, further positive changes can be expected in the business climate of the Hungarian companies. The IEER Business Climate Index rose to +45 points in October 2015 from +42 points in April 2015.

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8 of September, 2015Research
Results of the IEER SME Outlook Survey July 2015

The results of the latest IEER SME Outlook business climate survey reveal a less favourable economic condition compared to the previous quarter: the Business Climate Index decreased from 23 to 16 points. This value is the same that the one measured in January (16 points) and a bit lower than the one in July 2014 (18 points). The Uncertainty Index is at a current level of 35 points, which is lower than in the previous quarter (it was 38 points in April 2015), and is equal to the value measured in the preceding quarter. The value of the Uncertainty Index indicates that the current trend is not uniform within the private sector, and that it will continue to be confined to one part of the economy and will not be felt by all small and medium sized companies.

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18 of August, 2015Research
Results of the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Survey

The results of the latest quarterly business climate survey reveal a slightly less favourable economic condition compared to the previous quarter: the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Index decreased from 24 to 21 points. This value is still higher than the one measured in January (19 points) and also than the one in July 2014 (18 points). The Uncertainty Index is at a current level of 35 points, which is lower than in the previous quarter (it was 39 points in April 2015), and is equal to the value measured in the preceding three quarters. The value of the Uncertainty Index indicates that the current trend is not uniform within the private sector, and that it will continue to be confined to one part of the economy and will not be felt by all companies.

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26 of May, 2015Research
The business climate of Hungarian enterprises continued to improve Results of the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Survey

The results of the latest quarterly business climate survey reveal a more favourable economic condition compared to the previous quarter: the IEER Quarterly Business Climate Index increased from 19 to 24points. This is the highest level since the beginning of the research (January 2010). The Uncertainty Index is at a current level of 39 points, which is higher than in the previous quarter (it was 35 points in January 2015), this indicates the growth of uncertainty. The current level of 39 points is higher than one year before (it was 36 points in April 2014). In addition, the value of the Uncertainty Index indicates that the current trend is not uniform within the private sector, and that the recovery will continue to be confined to one part of the economy and will not be felt by all companies.

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