The pace slowed from an unadjusted 6.8 percent and was unchanged from a calendar-adjusted 5.7 percent rise in May.

Adjusted food sales were up by 3.4 percent in June, non-food sales climbed by 9.7 percent and fuel sales increased by 3.6 percent. In January-June retail sales rose by an unadjusted 5.3 percent and by an adjusted 5.2 percent year-on-year.

Adjusted food sales were up by 2.8 percent, while non-food sales climbed by 8.2 percent and fuel sales by 5.7 percent.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.