277 result(s) for exchange rate
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
Varga Talks Up Stronger Hungarian Forint
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government would like the forint to be stronger at the end of the year than now, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said Friday morning in a radio interview. Analysts have said they expect the government to bolster the forint in order to reduce the state debt in relation to GDP ratio in the year-end statistics, Napi Gazdaság notes.
Hungarian Forint Firms To Two Month High To Euro
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The forint traded at two-month high of 308.92 to the euro shortly after 10am on Monday, firming from 309.81 late Friday. Economy Minister Mihály Varga talked up the forint on Friday, saying that Hungary’s exchange rate should be stronger in order to help push down the public debt.
Bank Tax In Hungary To Remain In Place Next Year
- 1 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Conversion from forex debt into forint loans, planned for the first quarter or first half of next year, will concern only residential and free-purpose forex household mortgage loans, while the special bank tax will remain intact next year, Gábor Orbán, state secretary at the economy ministry, told participants of a Reuters conference on CEE investments in Budapest.
Economist Péter Róna On Hungary’s Post Election Austerity Plans
- 26 Sep 2014 5:00 AM
- business
“They need the austerity so that there is something to steal. This is the basic mechanism.” – Péter Róna, Oxford professor of economics and policy advisor to opposition party Politics Can Be Different (LMP)
Hungarian Parliament Passes Debt Relief Act
- 26 Sep 2014 1:00 AM
- business
Parliament passed the Debt Relief Act yesterday requiring banks to return millions of forints to forex- and forint-loan debtors for losses arising from unilateral contract modifications and currency margin disparities.
Hungarian Bill Bans Banks From Raising Fees
- 15 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Fidesz has submitted a bill to Parliament that will ban banks from unilaterally raising interest rates, costs or fees, caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Friday after the party MPs held their season-opening meeting in Tapolca.
Hungary’s Central Bank Ready To Provide Banks With Foreign Currency
- 8 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s banks will need around 3 billion euros to offset their liabilities in connection with compensation to clients who took out loans in foreign currency, and the central bank is ready to provide forex funding to commercial lenders from its reserves, the bank’s deputy governor said.
Hungarian State Wins First FX Loan Trial
- 25 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The Capital Court has ruled in favour of the state against savings co-operative Kéthely és Vidéke in the first court decision since Parliament passed a law to help foreign-currency borrowers in July.
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
Varga Talks Up Stronger Hungarian Forint
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government would like the forint to be stronger at the end of the year than now, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said Friday morning in a radio interview. Analysts have said they expect the government to bolster the forint in order to reduce the state debt in relation to GDP ratio in the year-end statistics, Napi Gazdaság notes.
Hungarian Forint Firms To Two Month High To Euro
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The forint traded at two-month high of 308.92 to the euro shortly after 10am on Monday, firming from 309.81 late Friday. Economy Minister Mihály Varga talked up the forint on Friday, saying that Hungary’s exchange rate should be stronger in order to help push down the public debt.
Bank Tax In Hungary To Remain In Place Next Year
- 1 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Conversion from forex debt into forint loans, planned for the first quarter or first half of next year, will concern only residential and free-purpose forex household mortgage loans, while the special bank tax will remain intact next year, Gábor Orbán, state secretary at the economy ministry, told participants of a Reuters conference on CEE investments in Budapest.
Economist Péter Róna On Hungary’s Post Election Austerity Plans
- 26 Sep 2014 5:00 AM
- business
“They need the austerity so that there is something to steal. This is the basic mechanism.” – Péter Róna, Oxford professor of economics and policy advisor to opposition party Politics Can Be Different (LMP)
Hungarian Parliament Passes Debt Relief Act
- 26 Sep 2014 1:00 AM
- business
Parliament passed the Debt Relief Act yesterday requiring banks to return millions of forints to forex- and forint-loan debtors for losses arising from unilateral contract modifications and currency margin disparities.
Hungarian Bill Bans Banks From Raising Fees
- 15 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Fidesz has submitted a bill to Parliament that will ban banks from unilaterally raising interest rates, costs or fees, caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Friday after the party MPs held their season-opening meeting in Tapolca.
Hungary’s Central Bank Ready To Provide Banks With Foreign Currency
- 8 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s banks will need around 3 billion euros to offset their liabilities in connection with compensation to clients who took out loans in foreign currency, and the central bank is ready to provide forex funding to commercial lenders from its reserves, the bank’s deputy governor said.
Hungarian State Wins First FX Loan Trial
- 25 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The Capital Court has ruled in favour of the state against savings co-operative Kéthely és Vidéke in the first court decision since Parliament passed a law to help foreign-currency borrowers in July.

















