Hungary Producer Inflation Slows to 7-Month Low

Hungary’s annual producer inflation slowed to 6.9% in May 2025 from 7.9% in the previous month.

This marked the lowest reading since October 2024, amid softer price increases for manufacturing (4.2% vs 4.4% in April) and electricity, gas, steam & air-conditioning supply (7.8% vs 11%).

In contrast, costs continued to rise for mining and quarrying (4.9% vs 3.1%) and water collection, treatment & supply (3.1% vs 3%).

Meanwhile, inflation eased for non-domestic output (8.3% vs 9.9%) while remained unchanged for domestic output (at 3.9%).

On a monthly basis, producer prices fell by 0.7% in May, following a 0.4% drop in April.