The forint fell to its weakest in four weeks on speculation the central bank will keep cutting interest rates and may take other steps to ease monetary policy after a new chief takes over next week.
Hungary’s currency declined for a second day after the Magyar Nemzeti Bank cut rates for the seventh month to a record low yesterday at the last meeting before bank President Andras Simor’s term ends this week. Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy, who has urged policy makers to strengthen their support for economic growth, will take over from Simor next week, Napi Gazdasag newspaper reported today, matching earlier reports.
“Further rate reductions will depend on external sentiment and possibly unorthodox policies of the new management of the central bank,” Orsolya Nyeste and Zoltan Arokszallasi, Budapest-based analysts at Erste Group Bank AG, said in a research report today. “Both factors will also drive the forint which we see weakening to above 300 versus the euro by the end of the first quarter.”
Read more: Forint Drops to Four-Week Low on Hungary Central Bank Outlook - Bloomberg
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