The strength of inflation and expectations for a strong economic recovery have prompted a clear hawkish shift among Central European central banks. We think it will take time for a majority in favour of rate hikes to form in Poland, but Hungary and Czechia now look as though they will join Russia and Turkey in being among the first EM central banks to raise rates as they come out of the pandemic.
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