Euro-zone Shoppers the Only Winners in the Brussels-Budapest Dispute Hungary used to protect its markets from shopping-tourism during the days of communism by introducing strict border-controls both South and... 2022.10.14.
Hungarian National Bank to Raise Base Rate Next Week, Forint Strengthened on Thursday The rapid convergence of the base rate and the one-week deposit rate will be on the agenda at the next... 2022.07.08.
Hungary’s National Currency Weakens to Historic Low The forint plunged to a new historic low against major currencies on Wednesday, trading past 416 versus the euro. Meanwhile,... 2022.07.07.
Shopping Tourism in Hungary Booming due to Weak Forint and Low Fuel Prices News site rtl.hu has put together a detailed compilation on the topic of "shopping tourism" in Hungary. Of course, this... 2022.05.12.
Hungary Drops on EU List of Net Wage Growth in Euro over Last 12 Years In a euro-based comparison, Hungarian wages did not increase much over the last twelve years. In fact, Hungary slipped further... 2022.04.20.
Forint Strenghtens As Hungary’s Central Bank Significantly Raises Base Rate Hungarian rate-setters raised the central bank base rate by 100 bp to 4.40 percent at a monthly policy meeting on... 2022.03.23.
Forint Continues to Strengthen after Historical Low The forint seems to be recovering from its historic low of 400 forints in the first week of March. The... 2022.03.16.
Márki-Zay: Choose Europe, Freedom and Growth Instead of East, Slavery and Deprivation In his speech on 15 March, Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition's candidate for prime minister, promised a Hungary that is committed... 2022.03.15.
PM Candidate Márki-Zay Presents Opposition Alliance’s Election Program Hungary has a chance to "find its way back" to civic values and Europe at the April 3rd election; the... 2022.03.10.
Opposition Blames PM Orbán for 400 Forint Euro As we have previously reported, the forint reached and then crossed the 400 euro mark. The Hungarian opposition reacted immediately... 2022.03.07.
Forint Value Plummets After Russia Invades Ukraine On Tuesday, the forint reached a historic low of HUF 379.70 to the Euro. The Hungarian forint already reached a... 2022.03.01.
Two-Thirds of Hungarians Would Welcome Introduction of Euro 64 percent of Hungarians believe that the introduction of the euro would have a positive impact on their situation, and... 2022.02.09.
Election 2022: Opposition Presents Plans for Economic Policy Parties of the united opposition presented their ideas concerning a possible introduction of the euro, taxes, inflation, job creation and... 2022.02.04.
More Than Two-Thirds of Hungarians in Favor of Introducing the Euro 69 percent of Hungarians want the common European currency of the euro- this is the second highest approval after Romania... 2022.01.21.
Why Does the Exchange Rate of Hungarian Forint Keep Slipping? In recent days, the forint has repeatedly set negative records against the euro, inching further and further towards the long-feared... 2021.11.25.
Forint Hits New Historic Low against the Euro The weakening of the forint began last week and has continued on Monday, with the Hungarian currency quickly falling to... 2021.11.22.
Head of Hungary’s Central Bank: Continued Centralization Will Ruin the EU György Matolcsy, Governor of Hungary's Central Bank, has shared his projection of the European Union's future, essentially calling for more... 2021.10.26.
Rushed Introduction of Euro Could Hurt Hungary’s Growth, Cbanker Warns A rushed adoption of the euro that ignores differences in the levels of economic development between Hungary and the euro... 2021.10.06.
DK: Introduction of Euro and European Minimum Wage ‘Only Way Out of Crisis’ The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called for the introduction of the euro and the European minimum wage as "the... 2021.08.16.
PMO Head Gulyás: EC ‘Endangering EU’ by Stepping Beyond its Jurisdiction The European Commission cannot afford to involve itself in partisan politics, as this would eventually tear the European Union apart,... 2021.08.06.
Press Roundup: Matolcsy Cautions Against Rushed Introduction of Euro A left-wing commentator disagrees with the National Bank governor, who does not consider as timely the adoption of the common... 2021.08.06.
