229 result(s) for interest rates
Mortgage Loans Getting Cheap In Hungary
- 26 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- property
The cost of a forint mortgage loan is now the same as the cost of a Swiss franc mortgage was in 2006, due to the recent fall in interest rates, website Bankmonitor found.
Hungary's PM Orbán Sets Out Tasks In Mortgage Question
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- property
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spelled out the ways in which the supreme court should clarify questions about foreign-currency mortgages, defended the flat tax, and again attacked large multinational companies in his bi-weekly radio interview, taped in Japan on Thursday and broadcast on Friday morning.
Xpat Opinion: Rearrangement On The Hungarian Left? It Looks Like It
- 6 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Although there are many topics we could discuss today, I would like to return to party politics. I’m interested in the analysis of intra-party developments because of my fascination with personalities and their interactions. My other reason for taking up the topic is that in my opinion we will most likely witness major changes within the democratic opposition soon.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Utility Price Regulation: ‘Strong But Not Uncommon’
- 31 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government of Hungary has introduced price cuts in utility costs, and we had an interesting reaction last week from a major player in the energy market. "What you see in Hungary, the regulatory impact on the market … it is very strong but is not uncommon. Everywhere in Europe the state intervenes in tariffs, in the way a business is structured," said Willem Coppoolse, head of illiquid gas ...
Base Rate Falls To Record Low 3.4% In Hungary
- 30 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The MNB’s monetary council lowered the base rate for the 15th consecutive month on Tuesday, from 3.6% to 3.4% in a move expected by most analysts.
Gault&Millau Hungary 2014 – Presentation Of The New Guide
- 11 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
”Hungarian gastronomic culture has reached its final stages, if it is not past all chances of improvement.” This statement was issued in the 2007 Culinary Charta, signed by over a hundred public figures of all sorts of ideological beliefs within a week. The statement also declared that: ”if any negative trend can be reversed, it must be reversed”. And that „the signatories will lobby for quality”.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Benefits From FED Stimulus
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Népszabadság thinks the government may take a sigh of relief after the Federal Reserve Board decided not to cut back on its quantitative easing programme, but doubts if the ensuing favourable investors’ climate will last until next year’s elections.
Xpat Opinion: The “Ethics” Of A Car Accident In Hungary
- 21 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Today’s topic, a car accident, is not the usual fare of this blog. Admittedly, one of the people injured in the accident was the Hungarian minister of defense, Csaba Hende, but that wouldn’t be sufficient reason to blog about it. (Fortunately no one died and the minister’s Audi wasn’t even a total loss.) I decided to write about it because I think it reveals more about Hungary and Hungarians than ...
Hungary's National Bank Adds Ft 2 Trillion To Stimulus Lending Program
- 12 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
The MNB will expand its funding for growth scheme by an additional Ft 2 trillion and extend it until the end of 2014, governor György Matolcsy announced on Wednesday. The programme was launched in June with Ft 750 billion. The extension of the scheme could add 1.8-2.4% to GDP in 2014, Matolcsy told reporters.
Mortgage Loans Getting Cheap In Hungary
- 26 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- property
The cost of a forint mortgage loan is now the same as the cost of a Swiss franc mortgage was in 2006, due to the recent fall in interest rates, website Bankmonitor found.
Hungary's PM Orbán Sets Out Tasks In Mortgage Question
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- property
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spelled out the ways in which the supreme court should clarify questions about foreign-currency mortgages, defended the flat tax, and again attacked large multinational companies in his bi-weekly radio interview, taped in Japan on Thursday and broadcast on Friday morning.
Xpat Opinion: Rearrangement On The Hungarian Left? It Looks Like It
- 6 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Although there are many topics we could discuss today, I would like to return to party politics. I’m interested in the analysis of intra-party developments because of my fascination with personalities and their interactions. My other reason for taking up the topic is that in my opinion we will most likely witness major changes within the democratic opposition soon.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Utility Price Regulation: ‘Strong But Not Uncommon’
- 31 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government of Hungary has introduced price cuts in utility costs, and we had an interesting reaction last week from a major player in the energy market. "What you see in Hungary, the regulatory impact on the market … it is very strong but is not uncommon. Everywhere in Europe the state intervenes in tariffs, in the way a business is structured," said Willem Coppoolse, head of illiquid gas ...
Base Rate Falls To Record Low 3.4% In Hungary
- 30 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The MNB’s monetary council lowered the base rate for the 15th consecutive month on Tuesday, from 3.6% to 3.4% in a move expected by most analysts.
Gault&Millau Hungary 2014 – Presentation Of The New Guide
- 11 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
”Hungarian gastronomic culture has reached its final stages, if it is not past all chances of improvement.” This statement was issued in the 2007 Culinary Charta, signed by over a hundred public figures of all sorts of ideological beliefs within a week. The statement also declared that: ”if any negative trend can be reversed, it must be reversed”. And that „the signatories will lobby for quality”.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Benefits From FED Stimulus
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Népszabadság thinks the government may take a sigh of relief after the Federal Reserve Board decided not to cut back on its quantitative easing programme, but doubts if the ensuing favourable investors’ climate will last until next year’s elections.
Xpat Opinion: The “Ethics” Of A Car Accident In Hungary
- 21 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Today’s topic, a car accident, is not the usual fare of this blog. Admittedly, one of the people injured in the accident was the Hungarian minister of defense, Csaba Hende, but that wouldn’t be sufficient reason to blog about it. (Fortunately no one died and the minister’s Audi wasn’t even a total loss.) I decided to write about it because I think it reveals more about Hungary and Hungarians than ...
Hungary's National Bank Adds Ft 2 Trillion To Stimulus Lending Program
- 12 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- business
The MNB will expand its funding for growth scheme by an additional Ft 2 trillion and extend it until the end of 2014, governor György Matolcsy announced on Wednesday. The programme was launched in June with Ft 750 billion. The extension of the scheme could add 1.8-2.4% to GDP in 2014, Matolcsy told reporters.