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Hungary Retail Sales 2026-10-06 08:30 Europe/Budapest: data, chart, and analysis

Hungary Retail Sales came in at 2.4 on Oct 6, 2026, compared with 4.9 previously and a 4.51 consensus forecast. See the full release history, chart, National Bank of Hungary context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
2.4
Previous
4.9
Forecast
4.51

FXMacroData Blended Forecast

Reference period
2026-08-31

Last updated:

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Hungary Retail Sales release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Hungary Retail Sales chart through 2026-08-31
HUF Retail Sales readings through 2026-08-31. Latest: 2.4.

Retail Sales release read

Hungary Retail Sales came in at 2.4 on Oct 6, 2026, compared with 4.9 previously and a 4.51 consensus forecast. See the full release history, chart, National Bank of Hungary context, and API access for this series.

The forecast marker for this release is 4.51 from FXMacroData Blended Forecast. Compare it with the actual value to assess the direction and size of the surprise.

The parent Retail Sales page shows the full time series for Hungary. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For HUF event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Pickup record

When the official source published this release and when the figure was on FXMacroData. All times are UTC.

Available within
0.77 s

of publication

On FXMacroData at

6 Oct 2026 UTC

Scheduled for

6 Oct 2026 UTC

Pickup record for this release
Scheduled release
Official source published Between and UTC, 6 Oct 2026
1.32 s after the scheduled time
Observed by FXMacroData's reads of the official source: the last read showing the previous period and the first read showing this one. The publisher does not issue this timestamp.
On FXMacroData at
Available within 0.77 s of publication

The official source published this release somewhere between those two reads, so the figure was available through FXMacroData no more than 0.77 s after it was published.

See the pickup record for every recent release

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID huf_retail_sales_2026-10-06
API announcement ID huf_retail_sales_2026-08-31
Release time
2026-10-06 06:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-08-31
Actual value 2.4
Previous value 4.9
Forecast 4.51 FXMacroData Blended Forecast
Surprise -2.11
Announcement timestamp 1791268200

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Hungary Retail Sales history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

More Hungary Retail Sales releases

Move through adjacent announcement records for the same series.

Older release

2026-09-04 08:30 Europe/Budapest · 4.9

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Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP)

Headline inflation: the year-over-year percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the standard measure central banks target.

Producer Price Index (PPI)

Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.

Trade-Weighted Index (NEER)

Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) measuring the value of a currency relative to a basket of trading partners' currencies, weighted by trade volumes. Published monthly by the BIS.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Hungary Retail Sales.

What did Hungary Retail Sales come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Hungary Retail Sales was 2.4% year on year in August 2026. The forecast field was 4.51%. The previous reading was 4.9%. That is a surprise of -2.11 percentage points versus forecast.

When was this Hungary Retail Sales release published?

This release was published on Oct 6, 2026 at 08:30 Europe/Budapest.

When is the next Hungary Retail Sales release?

The next Hungary Retail Sales release is scheduled for Nov 6, 2026 at 08:30 Europe/Budapest.

What is the official source for Hungary Retail Sales?

The official Retail Sales series is published by the national statistics agency or central bank for Hungary. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
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  "announcement_id": "huf_retail_sales_2026-08-31",
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  "available_at_iso": "2026-10-06T06:30:01.395671Z",
  "available_at_ns": 1791268201395671466,
  "capture_time_basis": "first_fresh_fetch_completed",
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-10-06T06:30:01.322712Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1791268201322712205,
  "date": "2026-08-31",
  "forecast": 4.51,
  "forecast_source_label": "FXMacroData Blended Forecast",
  "ingestion_latency_ms": 1322.712,
  "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
  "observed_at_ns": 1791268201322712205,
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  "prediction_type": "fxmacrodata",
  "previous_value": 4.9,
  "publication_time_basis": "official_schedule",
  "publication_time_precision": "minute",
  "publication_time_status": "unverified",
  "revisions": [
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      "capture_time_basis": "first_fresh_fetch_completed",
      "epoch": 1791268200,
      "ingestion_latency_ms": 1322.712,
      "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
      "is_first_release": false,
      "observed_at_ns": 1791268201322712205,
      "official_planned_release_datetime": 1791268200,
      "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
      "publication_time_status": "unverified",
      "source_published_after_ns": 1791268200627459893,
      "source_published_by_ns": 1791268201321904064,
      "source_published_window_basis": "poll_bracket",
      "source_url": "https://www.ksh.hu/katalogus/gyorstajekoztatok.json",
      "val": 2.4,
      "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
    },
    {
      "announcement_source_url": "https://www.ksh.hu/katalogus/gyorstajekoztatok.json",
      "capture_time_basis": "first_fresh_fetch_completed",
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      "ingestion_latency_ms": 2484.234,
      "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
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      "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
      "publication_time_status": "unverified",
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  "source": "Hungarian Central Statistical Office",
  "source_published_after_ns": 1791268200627459893,
  "source_published_by_ns": 1791268201321904064,
  "source_published_window_basis": "poll_bracket",
  "source_unit": "%YoY",
  "source_url": "https://www.ksh.hu/katalogus/gyorstajekoztatok.json",
  "val": 2.4
}