The communications accompanying the decision by the National Bank of Romania to leave its policy rate on hold, at 6.50%, suggest policymakers are concerned about the inflationary impacts of upcoming tax hikes. This supports our forecast that interest rates will remain on hold this year, which is a more hawkish view than the consensus.
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