Business and consumer expectations improved modestly in December. According to a survey conducted by GKI Economic Research Co. with the support of the EU, the rise in the business confidence index was solely due to a significant improvement in industrial expectations, as other sectors became more pessimistic to a greater or lesser extent. The consumer confidence index has been rising, albeit marginally, for the second month in a row. However, households remained more pessimistic than during the Covid-related panic in spring 2020. The views of businesses and households on employment and inflation were unchanged in December, but both businesses and households saw the future situation of the Hungarian economy as worse than in November.
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