719 result(s) for market rate
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.
City Predicts Robust Growth This Year And Next In Hungary
- 9 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s economy is set to enjoy robust growth rates this year and in 2015 before a marked slowdown is likely to set in, London-based emerging markets economists said. Given a much stronger first half than anticipated, “it is easy to see” Hungary growing by 3.5% this year against Morgan Stanley’s previous forecast of 2.9%, the report says.
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 Forint Weakens
- 29 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The forint traded at 315.77 to the euro late Thursday, a three-week low, down from 312.67 the previous day. Developments in Ukraine and betterthan- expected US economic data which market players say underpin expectations for a Fed rate hike, making emerging market assets less attractive, were possible reasons for the weakening, according to market players.
Unemployment Rate In Hungary Drops Below 8%
- 28 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The jobless rate fell to 7.9% in the May-July period, down slightly from 8% in April-June, the Central Statistics Office announced.
Hungary’s NBH Leaves Rates On Hold, As Expected
- 27 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s central bank rate-setters left the base rate unchanged at 2.1% at their regular rate-setting meeting on Tuesday. The decision was in line with market expectations. After the previous rate-setting meeting on July 22, when the base rate was reduced from 2.3% to the current level, the Council said it had wound up an easing cycle started almost two years earlier.
CEU Business School Budapest Launches Global Entrepreneurship Fellows Program
- 21 Aug 2014 8:10 AM
- specials
Budapest, Hungary: In 2012, the rate of venture capital investment as a percentage of GDP was the highest in Hungary among EU member states -- at almost 7 tenths of a percent. To put that in perspective, that represents more than three times the EU average. And yet the region’s high-growth, high-potential startups and other entrepreneurial SMEs continue to struggle.
Number Of Mothers With Small Children Returning To Work Increased In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
According to data of Q2 2014 compiled by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), the number of women who returned to work after they had received maternity benefits and childcare allowance or had been stay-home mothers was up by 37 percent year-on-year, former Ministerial Commissioner Piroska Szalai, responsible for improving the labour market prospects of women, announced in a press ...
Jobless Rate In Hungary Unchanged At 8% In April -June
- 31 Jul 2014 11:00 AM
- current affairs
The average unemployment rate among Hungarians between the ages of 15 and 74 was 8% in April-June, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. The jobless rate was unchanged from March-May and down from 10.3% in the same period a year earlier. The number of unemployed averaged 358,900 in April-June.
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.
City Predicts Robust Growth This Year And Next In Hungary
- 9 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s economy is set to enjoy robust growth rates this year and in 2015 before a marked slowdown is likely to set in, London-based emerging markets economists said. Given a much stronger first half than anticipated, “it is easy to see” Hungary growing by 3.5% this year against Morgan Stanley’s previous forecast of 2.9%, the report says.
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 Forint Weakens
- 29 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The forint traded at 315.77 to the euro late Thursday, a three-week low, down from 312.67 the previous day. Developments in Ukraine and betterthan- expected US economic data which market players say underpin expectations for a Fed rate hike, making emerging market assets less attractive, were possible reasons for the weakening, according to market players.
Unemployment Rate In Hungary Drops Below 8%
- 28 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The jobless rate fell to 7.9% in the May-July period, down slightly from 8% in April-June, the Central Statistics Office announced.
Hungary’s NBH Leaves Rates On Hold, As Expected
- 27 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s central bank rate-setters left the base rate unchanged at 2.1% at their regular rate-setting meeting on Tuesday. The decision was in line with market expectations. After the previous rate-setting meeting on July 22, when the base rate was reduced from 2.3% to the current level, the Council said it had wound up an easing cycle started almost two years earlier.
CEU Business School Budapest Launches Global Entrepreneurship Fellows Program
- 21 Aug 2014 8:10 AM
- specials
Budapest, Hungary: In 2012, the rate of venture capital investment as a percentage of GDP was the highest in Hungary among EU member states -- at almost 7 tenths of a percent. To put that in perspective, that represents more than three times the EU average. And yet the region’s high-growth, high-potential startups and other entrepreneurial SMEs continue to struggle.
Number Of Mothers With Small Children Returning To Work Increased In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
According to data of Q2 2014 compiled by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), the number of women who returned to work after they had received maternity benefits and childcare allowance or had been stay-home mothers was up by 37 percent year-on-year, former Ministerial Commissioner Piroska Szalai, responsible for improving the labour market prospects of women, announced in a press ...
Jobless Rate In Hungary Unchanged At 8% In April -June
- 31 Jul 2014 11:00 AM
- current affairs
The average unemployment rate among Hungarians between the ages of 15 and 74 was 8% in April-June, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. The jobless rate was unchanged from March-May and down from 10.3% in the same period a year earlier. The number of unemployed averaged 358,900 in April-June.