No quick fix to Hungary's FX debt problem

Media reports suggest that the Hungarian government is close to unveiling a draft plan aimed at dealing once and for all with the legacy of the FX-debt boom that brought the country’s banking sector to its knees in late-2008. But the reality is that the various options to deal with Hungary’s FX-debt problem simply push losses from one sector of the economy to another.

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