The Council also left the O/N deposit rate at 5.50pc and the O/N collateralised loan rate at 7.50pc. The rates mark the ends of the central bank's symmetric interest rate corridor.

In a statement released after the meeting, the Council said the decision to keep the base rate on hold was taken "in line with the stability-oriented approach".
 

The Council affirmed its commitment to achieving the inflation target in a sustainable manner and said maintaining tight monetary conditions was warranted.

"Restrictive monetary policy contributes to the maintenance of financial market stability, the anchoring of inflation expectations consistently with the central bank target and, as a result, to the achievement of the inflation target in a sustainable manner by ensuring positive real interest rates," the Council added.

"A careful and patient approach to monetary policy remains necessary due to risks to the inflation environment as well as trade policy and geopolitical tensions," the policy makers said.

At a press conference after the meeting, central bank governor Mihaly Varga said the Council's forward guidance remained unchanged. Maintaining financial market stability and anchoring inflation expectations "remain key", he added.

Varga said price restrictions had reduced headline inflation by 1.5pp. He added that households' inflation expectations remained "at high levels".

He said short-term yields, important from the perspective of monetary policy transmission, had developed at levels consistent with the base rate.

Varga said a state-subsidised credit programme for first-time home buyers was expected to boost demand on the residential property market and support the upturn in home loan disbursements.

The minutes of the meeting will be published at 2:00 in the afternoon on September 10.

 

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