TAKE 4 OF 4 -- ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: HUNGARY 2-9 NOV

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November 1, 1994
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Approved For Release 2004/08/02 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000500550002-1 UNCLASSIFIED INQUIRE=DOC28D ITEM NO=00446082 1ELOPE CDSN = CFS858 MCN = 94314/20192 TOR = 943141100 RATUZYUW RUESFVA0227 3141059-UUUU--RUEANSS. ZNR UUUUU ZYN HEADER R 101059Z NOV 94 FM FBIS VIENNA AU TO RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA RUCMACC/CDR PSYOPGP FT BRAGG NC//ASOF-POG-SB// RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA//ECON// RUDKMKB/FBIS LONDON UK//BBC// RUDPMAX/FAISA FT BRAGG NC RUDPWDC/DA AMHS WASHINGTON DC RUEAIIS/STORAGE CENTER FBIS RESTON VA RUEALGX/DEFINTAGNCY WASH DC RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//INR/CEE// RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//INR/CEE/EE// RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST//ATTN BUDAPEST AGRIC// RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA RUETIAV/FT GEO G MEADE MD RUETIAV/MPC FT GEO G MEADE MD RUFQBBA/US SURVEY SEC SHAPE BE ACCT FBAU-EWDK BT CONTROLS UNCLAS 2BB SERIAL: AU1011105994 BODY PASS: ATTN BBC HUNGARY ATTN BBC OEMEM ATTN BBC PART2 COUNTRY: HUNGARY SUBJ: TAKE 4 OF 4 -- ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: HUNGARY 2-9 NOV REF: AU1.110105394 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: HUNGARY 2-9 NOV///9 NOV 94) AVERAGE GROSS WAGE HAS STAGNATED SINCE JUNE: THE AVERAGE GROSS WAGE IN SEPTEMBER WAS HUF33,998, PRACTICALLY THE SAME AS IN AUGUST, CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE (KSH) FIGURES SHOW. THE AVERAGE GROSS WAGE HAS STAGNATED SINCE JUNE. THE AVERAGE GROSS WAGE IN SEPTEMBER WAS 22.9 PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR. NET WAGES Approved For Release 2004/08/02 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000500550002-1 Approved For Release 2004/08/02 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000500550002-1 UNCLASSIFIED AMOUNTED TO HUF23.352, 25.6 PERCENT UP ON THE FIGURE OF LAST SEPTEMBER. THE AVERAGE GROSS MONTHLY WAGE IN THE JANUARY-SEPTEMBER PERIOD WAS HUF31.715 WITH NET WAGES AT HUF22.081. GROSS WAGES ROSE BY 22.3 PERCENT AND NET WAGES BY 25 PERCENT AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR. AS TIIE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ROSE BY ONLY 1.8.2 PERCENT DURING THE JANUARY-SEPTEMBER PERIOD, REAL WAGES WERE 5.8 PERCENT UP AS COMPARED TO TIIE SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR. ALTHOUGH TIIE TENDENCY FOR INCREASE IS THE SAME FOR THE WHOLE OF THIS YEAR, THE RATE OF GROWTH DROPPED AS COMPARED TO THE 8.1 PERCENT REAL WAGE INCREASE OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, KSH POINTS OUT. A MANUAL WORKER'S GROSS MONTHLY WAGE WAS HUF24.656 IN TIIE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, (A 21.1-PERCENT INCREASE ON TIIE SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR), WHILE WHITE-COLLAR WORKERS EARNED A GROSS HUF47.316 (A 22.3-PERCENT INCREASE) A MONTH. (BUDAPEST MTI IN ENGLISH 1318 GMT 7 NOV 94) UNEMPLOYMENT CONTINUES TO FALL IN OCTOBER: THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED FELL BY 16,200 TO 529,600 IN OCTOBER, LABOR OFFICE FIGURES SHOW. THE JOBLESS RATE STOOD AT 10.6 PERCENT AT THE END OF OCTOBER, FOLLOWING A DROP BY 0.1 PERCENT TO 10.9 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER. (BUDAPEST MTI IN ENGLISH 0802 GMT 9 NOV 94) TOURISM SURPLUS $313.2 MILLION AT END OF AUGUST: THE TOURIST INDUSTRY HAD A SURPLUS OF $313 MILLION AT THE END OF AUGUST -- NO CHANGE FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR., TOURIST REVENUE IN TIIE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS AMOUNTED TO $906.5 MILLION, 17 PERCENT UP ON THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, WHILE EXPENSES TOTALLED $593.3 MILLION IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THE YEAR -- AN INCREASE OF 28 PERCENT. AS A RESULT, THE SURPLUS AMOUNTED TO $313.2, MILLION AT THE END OF AUGUST, SLIGHTLY UP ON LAST YEAR'S FIGURE IN THE SAME PERIOD OF $312.4 MILLION. (BUDAPEST MTI IN.ENGLISH 1239 GMT 9 NOV 94) NEW INVENTION: PERSONALBIOENERGY GAUGE: SALE OF WHAT PROMISES TO BE A POTENTIALLY HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL HUNGARIAN INVENTION HAS BEGUN IN HUNGARY. THE ITEM, A GAUGE MEASURING THE PERSONAL LEVEL OF U NERDY. IS JUST BIG ENOUQ11 TO FTI,T. THE PALM OF ONE'S HAND AND IT IS TIIE INVENTION OF ENGINEER D GYOR.I EGE Y. WITH THIS SMALL SIZED APPARATUS ANYBODY CAN GAUGE HIS STATE OF HEALTH AND HIS OWN LEVEL OF BIOENERGY THAT DETERMINES PERFORMANCE. TIIE MOST ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THE UNIT IS A. WIIEEL TURNING ON EXTREMELY SENSITIVE SPECIAL BALL BEARINGS WHICH, EVEN WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED,; CAN BE MOVED BY MEANS OF PERSONAL _BIOEIIERQY . THIS SHOWS THE POWER OF ENERGY. THE TURNING OF THE WHEEL (AND THROUGH THAT THE LEVEL OF OUR BIOS ERGY) IS MEASURED AND DISPLAYED ON,THE FRONT OF THE INSTRUMENT BY A SMALL COMPUTER. IT TOOK YEARS TO PRODUCE THE INSTRUMENT, ALTHOUGH THE INVENTOR APPLIED FOR A PATENT ONLY IN 1989. THE EQUIPMENT COSTS ABOUT HUF8,000 IN HUNGARY (ABOUT $70). DR. EGELY IS A STAFF' MEMBER WITH THE PHYSICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE HUNG RTAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, AND HIS SPHERE OF RESEARCH ENCOMPASSES THUNDERBALL AND OTHER NATURAL PHENOMENA,;TELEPORTATION, AND THE INHERENT POSSIBILITIES OF ENERGY TRANSFER. (BUDAPEST MTI IN ENGLISH UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2004/08/02 CIA-RDP96-00792R000500550002-1 Approved For Release 2004/08/02 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0500550002-1 UNCLASSIFIED 1240 GMT 8 NOV 94) THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS. 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