NBH rate-setters cut base rate by 75 basis points
NBH deputy governor Barnabás Virág had flagged a 75 bp cut — the same as at the policy meeting in October — days earlier.
NBH deputy governor Barnabás Virág had flagged a 75 bp cut — the same as at the policy meeting in October — days earlier.
The Monetary Council also decided to lower the symmetric interest rate corridor in tandem, bringing the O/N deposit rate to 11.25% and the O/N collateralised loan rate to 13.25%.
Barnabás Virág said Hungary’s economy had managed to “avoid grave scenarios” and growth remained above the European Union average.
The Council said inflation risks warrant a further tightening of monetary conditions.
The National Bank of Hungary’s Monetary Council also raised both sides of the interest rate corridor by 30 basis points to 4.4 percent.
The council also decided on Tuesday to raise the O/N deposit rate by 15bp to 0.70 percent and the O/N and one-week collateralized loan rates by 15bp to 2.6 percent.
The Council also decided on 30 basis point base rate hikes at policy meetings in June and July, amid spiking inflation.
They also changed the interest rate corridor to between minus 0.25 and 2.15 percent.
The Council referred to the rate cut as a “fine-tuning measure” that “supports the maintenance of price stability and the recovery of economic growth”.
NBH has left the base rate unchanged at 0.90 percent at a meeting held on Tuesday.
The National Bank of Hungary has left the base rate unchanged at 0.90 percent at a meeting held on Tuesday.
The Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has kept the central bank’s base rate at 0.90 percent and the O/N deposit rate at -0.05 percent at a monthly policy meeting on Tuesday.
The NBH has left the central bank base rate and overnight deposit rate unchanged at 0.90 percent and -0.05 percent, respectively.