April 24, 2012, 2:00 pmThe rate-setting body of Hungary’s central bank (NBH) has decided on Tuesday for the fourth consecutive month to keep the key policy rate unchanged at 7.00%. This has not surprised anyone on the...
April 24, 2012, 8:00 amHungary’s central bank will leave its key policy rate unchanged at 7.00% on Tuesday, according to analysts’ consensus estimate in a Portfolio.hu poll. They say the Monetary Council has no reason...
April 4, 2012, 4:02 pmThe Monetary Council of Hungary’s central bank (NBH) will not be able to lower its benchmark interest rate, the highest in the European Union, until the country secures financial backing from the...
March 30, 2012, 10:46 amHungary’s central bank (NBH) sees no room to lower its key policy rate, the highest in the European Union, until risk perceptions improve, NBH Deputy Governor, Ferenc Karvalits, told Dow Jones in...
March 27, 2012, 2:24 pm(Adds comment by Erste, Citi, Raiffeisen) The Monetary Council of Hungary’s central bank (NBH) has left the base rate unchanged at its monthly policy meeting on Tuesday. The benchmark rate has been...
March 27, 2012, 2:00 pmThe Monetary Council of Hungary’s central bank (NBH) has left the base rate unchanged at its monthly policy meeting on Tuesday. The benchmark rate has been on hold since end-December 2011 and at...
March 23, 2012, 2:53 pmHungary’s central bank (NBH) will leave its key policy rate on hold next Tuesday, analysts projected in a Portfolio.hu poll on Friday. This would be the third month in a row when the Monetary Council...
March 14, 2012, 3:12 pmAt the 28 February policy meeting of the Hungarian central bank’s (NBH) Monetary Council, six members voted to maintain the base rate at 7.00% and one member, János Cinkotai, voted to lower it by...
February 28, 2012, 3:04 pmAt its meeting on 28 February, the Monetary Council of Hungary’s central bank (NBH) has reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and voted to leave the central bank base rate unchanged...
February 28, 2012, 2:26 pm(Extends comment by Erste, adds comment by Citi, Goldman Sachs, RBS) Hungary’s central bank (NBH) has on Tuesday left its key policy rate unchanged at 7.00%. The rate call is the same as in January...
February 28, 2012, 2:00 pmThe National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has on Tuesday left its key policy rate unchanged at 7.00%. The rate call is the same as in January, when the Monetary Council surprised the market by its on hold decision...
February 24, 2012, 5:05 pmAnalysts polled by Portfolio.hu project that Hungary’s rate-setters will keep the benchmark policy rate unchanged at 7.00% at their next rate meeting on 28 February (next Tuesday). By the end of...
February 21, 2012, 9:59 amThe National Bank of Hungary (NBH) will have to be "mindful" of gains in the forint and easing market tensions when it decides on rates this month, Deputy Governor Ferenc Karvalits told Reuters in an interview...
January 25, 2012, 12:00 pm(Adds new comments on page 3 and 4) Against the market’s call for a 50-bp hike, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has kept the base rate on hold at 7.00% on Tuesday, breaking...
January 24, 2012, 3:55 pmAt its meeting on 24 January, the Monetary Council of Hungary’s central bank (NBH) reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and voted to leave the central bank base rate unchanged...
January 24, 2012, 3:06 pmHungary’s Monetary Council discussed two proposals at its Tuesday policy meeting, on to hold the base rate unchanged at 7.00% and one to raise it by 50 basis points, central bank (NBH) Governor András...
January 24, 2012, 2:00 pmThe strengthening of Hungary’s forint and the abatement of financial stability concerns over the past three weeks have apparently eased the rate-setters’ minds at the central bank (NBH) quite...
January 19, 2012, 4:59 pmThe National Bank of Hungary (NBH) will raise its key policy rate by half a percentage point to 7.50%, according to the consensus forecast of analysts in a Portfolio.hu poll. Almost all of the respondents...
January 11, 2012, 3:14 pmAt the 20 December 2011 policy meeting of the Hungarian central bank’s (NBH) Monetary Council five members voted to raise the base rate by 50 basis points to 7.00%, while two members (Ferenc Gerhardt...
December 20, 2011, 4:15 pmHungary’s central bank (NBH) raised its base rate by 50 basis points to 7.00% today. The Economy Ministry was lightning quick to issue a statement that criticised the bank for its move, saying higher...