354 result(s) for record low
Xpat Opinion: Homosexuality And Same-Sex Marriage In Hungary
- 3 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
György Bolgár’s Let’s Talk It Over is a liberal talk show with a huge fan club. I myself rarely miss it. Bolgár comes up with topics that he finds interesting or important and usually adds a comment with a question mark at the end. Today I learned that Ferenc Gyurcsány visited Viktor Orbán’s old dormitory, the István Bibó Kollégium, yesterday. Only students of the college could attend the ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Forint Hits Ten Months Record Low
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A business weekly thinks that aside from the latest interest rate cut by the Hungarian National Bank, the Forint has lost ground over the past weeks because investors have grown increasingly cautious about emerging markets.Világgazdaság notes that the exchange rates of the Hungarian national currency have reached a ten month low, after declining steadily over the past week.
Hungary’s Forint Down Again
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
The forint was trading at 305.22 to the euro late Thursday, down from 302.55 late Wednesday. After a lull on Wednesday, the Hungarian currency led a decline in central European assets on Thursday as concern over weaker activity in China, a fall of Turkey’s lira to record lows against the dollar, and continuing upheaval in the Ukraine triggered some re-weighting to the detriment of emerging market ...
Paks Nuclear Power Plant: German Industrialist Mediates Between Putin And Hungary’s PM Orbán
- 22 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Staffers of Rosatom visited Budapest day by day; Orbán and Lázár held talks with the EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, Orbán had consultations with Barroso, the Rothschild Group and Hengeler Mueller German law firm intervened to have Brussels’ fiat for an arrangement in which competitive bids were not invited. Lázár headed a governmental task force to pull off this hush-hush project – ...
Hungarian Banks’ Ten - Month Pre -Tax Profit Up At HUF 86bn
- 10 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Banks in Hungary had combined pretax profit of 86 billion forints by the end of October, the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said. Pre-tax profit rose significantly from 21 billion forints in the first ten month a year earlier, but was still historically low. A large part of the ten-month profit was generated by one single bank.
Zoom - Reinvented Nokia Lumia 1020 Arrives In Hungary
- 12 Dec 2013 3:00 AM
- specials
Nokia established a new benchmark in smartphone imaging with the arrival of the Nokia Lumia 1020, boasting a second generation 41 megapixel sensor. Unlike any smartphone in the market today the Nokia Lumia 1020 reinvents zoom, enabling people to discover more detail than the eye can see. With Nokia's innovative PureView technology, including optical image stabilization, the device is able to ...
Xpat Opinion: A Conservative Take On The Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist finds unfounded the allegations of a former Tax Authority officer who claimed that he had uncovered large scale fraud assisted by the Agency. She criticizes the government, however, for not being more cooperative in investigating the allegations.
Matolcsy Sees Room For Further Interest Ratecut In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
There is further room to reduce the central bank’s base rate, the governor of the National Bank of Hungary, György Matolcsy, said. The base interest currently stands at a record low of 3.4%. Matolcsy told a conference on the bank’s credit for growth scheme that almost all central banks started unorthodox policies after the 2008 crisis and the Hungarian government also applied such policies from ...
Xpat Opinion: Inflation Hits Record Low In Hungary
- 15 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
As the inflation rate slows to a 39 year low, a left-wing commentator warns of the dangers of prices kept artificially low. A conservative columnist, on the other hand, believes that price stability and the increase in disposable incomes adds up to good news for the economy.
Xpat Opinion: Homosexuality And Same-Sex Marriage In Hungary
- 3 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
György Bolgár’s Let’s Talk It Over is a liberal talk show with a huge fan club. I myself rarely miss it. Bolgár comes up with topics that he finds interesting or important and usually adds a comment with a question mark at the end. Today I learned that Ferenc Gyurcsány visited Viktor Orbán’s old dormitory, the István Bibó Kollégium, yesterday. Only students of the college could attend the ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Forint Hits Ten Months Record Low
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A business weekly thinks that aside from the latest interest rate cut by the Hungarian National Bank, the Forint has lost ground over the past weeks because investors have grown increasingly cautious about emerging markets.Világgazdaság notes that the exchange rates of the Hungarian national currency have reached a ten month low, after declining steadily over the past week.
Hungary’s Forint Down Again
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
The forint was trading at 305.22 to the euro late Thursday, down from 302.55 late Wednesday. After a lull on Wednesday, the Hungarian currency led a decline in central European assets on Thursday as concern over weaker activity in China, a fall of Turkey’s lira to record lows against the dollar, and continuing upheaval in the Ukraine triggered some re-weighting to the detriment of emerging market ...
Paks Nuclear Power Plant: German Industrialist Mediates Between Putin And Hungary’s PM Orbán
- 22 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Staffers of Rosatom visited Budapest day by day; Orbán and Lázár held talks with the EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, Orbán had consultations with Barroso, the Rothschild Group and Hengeler Mueller German law firm intervened to have Brussels’ fiat for an arrangement in which competitive bids were not invited. Lázár headed a governmental task force to pull off this hush-hush project – ...
Hungarian Banks’ Ten - Month Pre -Tax Profit Up At HUF 86bn
- 10 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Banks in Hungary had combined pretax profit of 86 billion forints by the end of October, the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said. Pre-tax profit rose significantly from 21 billion forints in the first ten month a year earlier, but was still historically low. A large part of the ten-month profit was generated by one single bank.
Zoom - Reinvented Nokia Lumia 1020 Arrives In Hungary
- 12 Dec 2013 3:00 AM
- specials
Nokia established a new benchmark in smartphone imaging with the arrival of the Nokia Lumia 1020, boasting a second generation 41 megapixel sensor. Unlike any smartphone in the market today the Nokia Lumia 1020 reinvents zoom, enabling people to discover more detail than the eye can see. With Nokia's innovative PureView technology, including optical image stabilization, the device is able to ...
Xpat Opinion: A Conservative Take On The Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist finds unfounded the allegations of a former Tax Authority officer who claimed that he had uncovered large scale fraud assisted by the Agency. She criticizes the government, however, for not being more cooperative in investigating the allegations.
Matolcsy Sees Room For Further Interest Ratecut In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
There is further room to reduce the central bank’s base rate, the governor of the National Bank of Hungary, György Matolcsy, said. The base interest currently stands at a record low of 3.4%. Matolcsy told a conference on the bank’s credit for growth scheme that almost all central banks started unorthodox policies after the 2008 crisis and the Hungarian government also applied such policies from ...
Xpat Opinion: Inflation Hits Record Low In Hungary
- 15 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
As the inflation rate slows to a 39 year low, a left-wing commentator warns of the dangers of prices kept artificially low. A conservative columnist, on the other hand, believes that price stability and the increase in disposable incomes adds up to good news for the economy.