Before the official announcement of the MNB’s monetary council’s interest rate decision, Bloomberg mistakenly reported that the base rate was cut to 1%, rather than the actual 25 basis point reduction to 4.75%.

The error was corrected promptly and Bloomberg took immediate steps to prevent similar cases, the regional spokesman said.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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