monetarycouncil - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com Monthly in print | Daily on the web Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:17:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dteurope.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-dt_favicon-32x32.png monetarycouncil - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com 32 32 An Important Step towards the Euro Zone https://dteurope.com/economy/an-important-step-towards-the-euro-zone/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:17:15 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=81644 At its September meeting, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) left the base rate unchanged at 5.50%, marking the first time it has kept the benchmark rate steady following the interest rate cuts over the summer. The central bank announced that, effective January 1, 2028, it will lower its inflation target […]

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]]> Policy Makers Cut Base Rate by 25bp to 5.50% https://dteurope.com/economy/policy-makers-cut-base-rate-by-25bp-to-5-50/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:46:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=81290 The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) decided to cut the central bank base rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% at a monthly policy meeting on Tuesday. The Council also lowered the central bank's symmetric interest rate corridor by 25 basis points, bringing the O/N deposit rate to 4.50% and the […]

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]]> Policy Makers Cut Base Rate by 25 Basis Points to 5.75% https://dteurope.com/economy/policy-makers-cut-base-rate-by-25-basis-points-to-5-75/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:07:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=80879 The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) decided to cut the central bank base rate by 25 basis points to 5.75% at a monthly policy meeting on Tuesday. The Council also lowered the central bank's symmetric interest rate corridor by 25 basis points, bringing the O/N deposit rate to 4.75% and the […]

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]]> Policy Makers Leave Base Rate on Hold at 6.25% https://dteurope.com/economy/policy-makers-leave-base-rate-on-hold-at-6-25/ Tue, 26 May 2026 12:51:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=79902 The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) decided to leave the central bank base rate unchanged at 6.25% at a monthly policy meeting on Tuesday, MTI reports. The Council also left the O/N deposit rate at 5.25% and the O/N collateralized loan rate at 7.25%. The rates mark the ends of the […]

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]]> Central Bank Base Rate Left Unchanged at 6.25% https://dteurope.com/economy/central-bank-base-rate-left-unchanged-at-6-25/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:31:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=79328 The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) left the base rate unchanged at 6.25% after reviewing the latest economic and financial developments. The O/N deposit rate and the O/N lending rate also remained unchanged, at 5.25% and 7.25%, respectively. The central bank will continue to ensure positive real interest rates in order […]

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]]> Maintaining Positive Real Interest Rate Important https://dteurope.com/economy/maintaining-positive-real-interest-rate-important/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:52:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=77999 Members of the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), MTI quotes the minutes from a monthly policy meeting in January. "Certain Council members highlighted that with declining inflation, rising real interest rates increased the room for manoeuvre for monetary policy," the minutes of the meeting on January 27 said. "They also agreed […]

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]]> Policy Makers Leave Base Rate on Hold at 6.50% https://dteurope.com/economy/policy-makers-leave-base-rate-on-hold-at-6-50/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:37:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=76932 The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) decided to leave the central bank base rate unchanged at 6.50% at a monthly policy meeting on Tuesday. The Council also left the O/N deposit rate at 5.50% and the O/N collateralised loan rate at 7.50%. The rates mark the ends of the central bank's […]

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]]> Policymakers Leave Base Rate on Hold at 6.50% https://dteurope.com/economy/policymakers-leave-base-rate-on-hold-at-6-50/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:26:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=76511 The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) decided to leave the central bank base rate unchanged at 6.50% at a monthly policy meeting on Tuesday. The Council also left the O/N deposit rate at 5.50% and the O/N collateralised loan rate at 7.50%. The rates mark the ends of the central bank's […]

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]]> Monetary Council Leaves Base Rate on Hold at 6.50% https://dteurope.com/economy/monetary-council-leaves-base-rate-on-hold-at-6-50/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:41:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=76014 The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) decided to leave the central bank base rate unchanged at 6.50% at a monthly policy meeting on Tuesday. The Council also left the O/N deposit rate at 5.50% and the O/N collateralised loan rate at 7.50%. The rates mark the ends of the central bank's […]

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]]> MNB Monetary Council Leaves Base Rate Unchanged https://dteurope.com/economy/mnb-monetary-council-leaves-base-rate-unchanged/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:31:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=75338 At its meeting on this Tuesday, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and decided not to change the central bank interest rates, leaving its base rate at 6.5%. According to the press release after the meeting, the primary objective of the National Bank of […]

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]]> MNB Monetary Council Leaves Base Rate Unchanged https://dteurope.com/economy/mnb-monetary-council-leaves-base-rate-unchnaged/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:08:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=74504 At its meeting on this Tuesday, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and decided not to change the central bank interest rates, leaving its base rate at 6.5%. According to the press release after the meeting, the primary objective of the National Bank of […]

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]]> Hungarian Central Bank Base Rate Left Unchanged https://dteurope.com/economy/hungarian-central-bank-base-rate-left-unchanged-2/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:49:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=73597 At its meeting on April 29, 2025, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and decided to leave unchanged the central bank interest rates (base rate at 6.50% and the overnight deőposit rate at 7.50%) with effect from April 30, 2025. The National Bank of […]

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]]> Non-monetary Policy Meeting of the Monetary Council https://dteurope.com/economy/non-monetary-policy-meeting-of-the-monetary-council/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:25:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=73320 At its April 8 meeting, the Monetary Council of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) reviewed the latest international trade policy actions and their potential consequences. The Monetary Council concluded that uncertainty in the global economy and financial markets has increased substantially in recent days. Investor risk aversion is widespread, and both recessionary and inflationary risks […]

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]]> Hungarian Central Bank Leaves Base Rate Unchanged https://dteurope.com/economy/hungarian-central-bank-leaves-base-rate-unchanged/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:18:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=73023 At its meeting this Tuesday, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reviewed the latest economic and financial developments and – in line with its stability-oriented approach – left the base rate unchanged at 6.50% with effect from March 26, 2025. The O/N deposit rate and the O/N lending rate also remained […]

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]]> Tight Monetary Policy Needs to Be Maintained https://dteurope.com/economy/tight-monetary-policy-needs-to-be-maintained/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:37:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=72720 At the February meeting of the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), the members of the Monetary Council unanimously decided to keep the interest rate at its current level for a longer period of time, according to the Deputy Governor of the MNB, Barnabás Virág. At the press conference following Tuesday's interest […]

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