Hungary GDP growth accelerates to 4.6 pc in second quarter

Hungary's second-quarter GDP rose by 4.6 percent year-on-year, picking up from 4.4 percent in the previous quarter, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said in a first reading of data released on Tuesday. "Most branches of the national economy contributed to the growth, market-based services to the greatest degree," KSH said. Adjusted for seasonal and calendar year effects, GDP was up 4.4 percent. First-half GDP growth was an unadjusted 4.5 percent and an adjusted 4.6 percent.