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Moody’s affirms Hungary’s Baa3 ratings with a stable outlook
Moody’s projected Hungary’s GDP growth would reach 4.3 percent in 2018 and 3.4 percent in 2019
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Standard and Poor’s to review Hungary’s sovereign credit rating
Standard and Poor’s is not the only credit rating agency to have already posted positive projections for Hungary’s economy. All three major rating agencies currently have Hungary’s sovereign rating at...
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Hungary could receive an upgrade of its sovereign rating next week
National Bank of Hungary (NBH) deputy governor Márton Nagy said the upgrade is expected when Standard & Poor’s review is next scheduled
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Credit rating agency Moody’s to review Hungary’s sovereign debt rating
The review may surprise the finance industry by yet again boosting Hungary’s outlook. Moody’s has remained the only major rating agency with a stable outlook. Both S&P and Fitch have...
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Fitch Ratings Affirms Hungary at ‘BBB-‘ with a Positive Outlook
Figures show that Hungary's real GDP growth picked up significantly in 2017 to 4.2 percent, reflecting a combination of favorable external environments
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Scope Ratings GmbH revises Hungary’s Outlook to Positive from Stable on BBB sovereign rating
Scope Ratings GmbH has revised Hungary’s outlook to positive from stable on the country’s BBB sovereign rating
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According to leading credit agencies, Hungary’s disciplined fiscal policy has paid off
Standard & Poorʼs Global Ratings has affirmed Hungaryʼs "BBB-/A-3" long and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings citing the government’s fiscal discipline.
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Fitch Ratings has revised Hungary’s economic outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘positive’
Mihály Varga, minister for National Economy, said rating agencies have now joined market players, the European Commission and other international organizations in confirming that the Hungarian economy is on the right track
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Standard and Poor’s upgrades Hungary’s credit rating outlook from 'stable' to 'positive'
Standard and Poor's believes Hungary’s real GDP growth for 2017 “will approach 3.5 percent”
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Upbeat economic outlook, says PM Orbán, “encourages us to dream big and not lay back”
Hungary’s economy hit the ground running this year. The major indicators are trending positive and international investors have taken note. Signs of a strong recovery, however, do not mean we can rest. Instead, said Prime Minister Orbán, it means that it’s time to dream big.
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JCRA upgrades Hungary's credit rating making it the fourth major agency to do so in just one year
The news comes after three of the most influential credit rating agencies in the world upgraded Hungary's rating in 2016. Fitch was the first to upgrade Hungary to investment grade in May, followed by S&P in September then Moody's in November
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Hungary's central bank to keep base rate at 0.9 percent
The bank could maintain loose monetary conditions until 2018-2019
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Budapest stock at record highs after Moody's elevates Hungary to investment grade
Moody's upgrade had been widely anticipated as both Fitch and Standard & Poor's had already lifted Hungary to investment grade earlier this year