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The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has on 18 August conducted an auction to purchase domestically issued forint mortgage bonds in the secondary market. Market participants submitted offers for a total... 

Hungary’s budget is not on the right tract, gross government debt is already 83% of gross domestic product, while households started to save up surprisingly vehemently and abruptly, these are the... 

The consensus forecast for Hungary’s end-2010 benchmark policy rate has risen for the first time (to 5.25%) after dropping for a year. This implies that the central bank’s (NBH) rate cut cycle... 

Following an admonition by the European Central Bank (ECB) to Hungary for the amendment of the Central Bank Act, the European Commission has launched an investigation into the law, Hungarian daily Népszabadság... 

András Simor, Governor of Hungary’s central bank (NBH), believes that while the country at the moment is fully financing itself from the markets, a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund... 

The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) will continue to convert European Union funds into forint on the market, central bank Governor András Simor told a press conference on Monday. It is via this demand for... 

At a press conference on today's rate decision (on hold at 5.25%), Governor András Simor was asked about the government's intention to cap the salaries of public sector employees, including the management... 

At its monthly policy meeting on Monday, the Monetary Council of Hungary’s central bank has reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and voted "unanimously" to leave the central bank... 

While some analysts believed the breakdown of talks between Hungary and an IMF/EU delegation may lead to a rate hike, the central bank’s (NBH) Monetary Council has on Monday decided to keep its base... 

Markets have become rather uncertain as to what next move of the Hungarian central bank (NBH) will be. While analysts polled by Portfolio.hu agree that the Monetary Council will leave the key policy rate... 

Hungary’s external financing capacity (i.e. the combined surplus on its current and capital accounts) amounted to EUR 793 million (HUF 212 billion) in the first quarter of 2010, according to the... 

(Corrects lead, as comment was intended to be general, not specifically referring to Swiss franc's recent gains.) Monetary policy of Hungary's central bank (NBH) is guided by the inflationary outlook... 

Hungary’s central bank (NBH) has left its key policy rate unchanged at 5.25% on Monday. The Monetary Council of the Bank has last reduced the base rate (by 25 basis points) in April, but it has not... 

The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has conducted a new auction on Wednesday to purchase domestically issued forint mortgage bonds in the secondary market, but it has not received any offer. A month ago... 

As already indicated by the central bank (NBH) Governor András Simor after last Monday’s rate decision, a “convincing majority" voted in May to keep the base rate unchanged at 5.25% after ten... 

At its meeting on Monday, the Monetary Council of the Hungarian central bank (NBH) has reviewed the latest economic and monetary developments. To its usual statement, however, it added comments about the... 

Hungary’s international reserves rose by EUR 637 million to yet another all-time high of EUR 34.857 billion in May, preliminary data published by the central bank (NBH) showed on Monday. Hungary... 

The decline in Hungary’s inflation will continue, albeit at a smaller rate than previously expected, the central bank (NBH) has said in its latest Report on Inflation on Wednesday. The bank’s... 

The Monetary Council of Hungary’s central bank (NBH) has decided with a “convincing majority" to leave the bank’s base rate unchanged at 5.25% on Monday, NBH Governor András Simor told... 

The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has raised its baseline inflation projection both for 2010 and 2011, it has cited from its Inflation Report on Monday. The full report will be published on Wednesday....