The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) cut the key ECB interest rate by 50 basis points to 7.75%, and lowered the two edges of the interest rate corridor by the same amount at its interest rate decision meeting on Tuesday. At its most recent meeting in March, the board cut the […]

The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) cut the base rate by 75 basis points to 10.75% at its last interest rate decision meeting of the year on Tuesday, and also cut the two edges of the interest rate corridor by the same amount. Although the decision was in line with analysts' […]

At its meeting this Tuesday, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and decided to lower the central bank base rate, with effect from November 22, 2023 by 75 basis points from 12.25% to 11.50%. By the evening, the Hungarian currency, the forint (HUF) weakened […]

With its decision on Tuesday, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) locked the overnight deposit rate and the base rate at 13%, and from Wednesday, the base rate will be the MNB's effective interest rate, with the overnight deposit rate to be phased out from October. This will mark the end […]

At its meeting this Tuesday, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and decided not to change of central bank base rates with effect from August 30, but leave it at 13.00%. At the same time, the interest rate corridor was narrowed. In the Monetary […]