Adjusted food sales increased by 3.2%, non-food sales climbed 3.6% and vehicle fuel sales inched up 0.5%. During the period of January-June, the volume of retail trade went up by 2.7%, KSH said.

The national economy ministry hailed the “sixth of unbroken monthly increases” in consumption, noting that turnover of grocery stores, accounting for 75% of the total retail trade, was up 4.1%.

“Hungarian families spent a total 594 billion forints [EUR 1.5bn] more [on groceries] in June, 20 billion forints more than in June last year,” the ministry’s statement said.

The ministry also noted a 14% increase in online retail trade, which accounts for 7.9% of the total.

The upswing in retail trade has been supported by lower inflation, the statement said, adding that the government’s “effective measures will keep inflation at a low level”.

They noted that inflation was 3.7% in June, with annual food price inflation reduced to 1.1%.

“Thanks to an uninterrupted increase in real wages in the past nine months and gradual lifting of cautionary measures, domestic consumption is being restored” to earlier levels, the ministry said.

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