Hungary: policy tightening now a severe headwind

The 200bp increase in the base rate (to 9.75%) by Hungary’s central bank (MNB) today has resulted in the most aggressive amount of monetary tightening in decades. With fiscal policy tightening too and the euro-zone on the verge of recession, all the signs point to a sharp economic slowdown this year.

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