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Hungary plans to change central bank law to ease budget burden

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s government will have five years instead of the current eight days to reimburse the National...

Published 07 Nov, 2022 07:00am

Markets

Hungary's central bank withdraws licence of Sberbank's unit

BUDAPEST: The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said on Wednesday it has withdrawn the licence of Sberbank's unit after...

Published 02 Mar, 2022 11:46am

Business & Finance

Hungary central bank seen raising base rate by 25 bps next week

Base rate seen rising by 25 bps to 0.85%.
One-week deposit rate seen 15 bps higher at 0.9%.
Economists see further base rate hikes in coming years.

Published 16 Jun, 2021 05:03pm

Business & Finance

Hungary central bank leaves rates steady, as expected

Base rate 0.6%, O/N depo rate -0.05%.
Decision in line with expectations.
Bank could raise base rate at June meeting.
Hawkish turn a "game-changer" –analyst.

Published 25 May, 2021 05:29pm

Business & Finance

Hungary central bank leaves rates steady as inflation spike looms

Base rate 0.6%, O/N deposit rate -0.05%.
Decision in line with expectations.
Inflation to overshoot target range in Q2 –cbank.
May need to tighten if forint sinks –analysts.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 08:01pm

Markets

Forint eases slightly after central bank extends QE programme

The forint was still 0.24% up on the day, trading at 362.93 to the euro, outperforming its regional peers after a recent slide.
The rate decision did not significantly move the forint as it was already anticipated and priced in, according to an FX trader in Budapest.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 07:26pm

Markets

Hungary central bank buys 25bn forints worth of bonds

*It bought 16 billion forints worth of 2033/A bonds at 2.32% average yield, 3 billion forints worth of 2034/A bonds at 2.48%, 4 billion forints worth of 2038/A bonds at 2.8% average yield and 2 billion forints worth of 2041/A bonds at 3.05%.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 07:53pm

Business & Finance

Hungary leaves rates steady ahead of expected inflation overshoot

Base rate 0.6%, O/N deposit rate -0.05%.
Decision in line with expectations.
Forint steady at one-week-lows.
Vice Governor has flagged cautious policy.
Bank expects to overshoot CPI target in Q2.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:19pm

Business & Finance

Hungary central bank buys 40bn forints worth of bonds, yields steady

It bought 8 billion forints worth of 2031/A bonds at 2.13% average yield, 7 billion forints worth of 2038/A bonds at 2.45% average yield and 4 billion forints worth of 2041/A bonds at 2.75%.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 06:14pm

Business & Finance

Hungary central bank expands corporate bond issuance programme

The National Bank of Hungary launched the programme in July 2019 with the aim of helping companies raise funds and expanding the liquidity of the corporate bond market.
So far 46 companies have participated in the programme, raising close to 900 billion forints worth of funds.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 09:06pm

Business & Finance

Hungary central bank left rates steady in unanimous Dec decision: minutes

If warranted by a change in the outlook for inflation, the (NBH) would be ready to use the appropriate instruments.
The next policy meeting is due on January 26.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 06:51pm

Business & Finance

Hungary central bank buys 40bn forints worth of bonds, yields fall

It bought 6.1 billion forints worth of 2031/A bonds at 1.97% average yield, 6.1 billion forints worth of 2038/A bonds at 2.2% average yield.
The bank also bought 23.8 billion forints worth of the 2033/A series at an average yield of 2.06%,

Published 05 Jan, 2021 07:32pm

Business & Finance

Hungarian central bank expected to leave rates steady next week, may ease in 2021

After weeks of haggling, EU leaders appeared to be moving towards a compromise over the bloc's next budget and a COVID-19 recovery fund worth 1.8 trillion euros.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 09:15pm

Markets

Hungary central bank leaves key rates on hold, as expected

Base rate 0.6%, O/N deposit rate -0.05%.
Decision in line with analyst forecasts.
Lower inflation, stronger forint ease pressure on NBH.
Bank to issue policy statement at 1400 GMT.

Published 17 Nov, 2020 06:43pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 30	272
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 30	270
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 30	129.59
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 30	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 30	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 30	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Jan 27	4.31

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 27	4070.56
Nasdaq / Jan 27	11621.71
Dow Jones / Jan 27	33978.08
India Sensex / Jan 30	59500.41
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 30	27433.40
Hang Seng / Jan 30	22028.58
FTSE 100 / Jan 30	7724.20
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 30	15045.51
France CAC40 / Jan 30	7049.52

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Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 27	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 27	173610
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 30	79.34
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 30	1923.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 30	86.10

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