Hungary

Just after midnight on November 10, ratings agency Fitch downgraded its sovereign ratings for Bulgaria ('BBB-'), Hungary ('BBB'), Kazakhstan ('BBB-') and Romania ('BB+'), while... 2008-11-10

On the back of the EUR20bn IMF-led bail-out package for Hungary, announced on October 28, the European Union has significantly stepped up its level of support for member-states... 2008-10-29

At the very beginning of the year we reiterated our negative outlook on central European equities, citing expectations of a downturn in aggregate demand resulting from further financial... 2008-09-11

With dollar looking well poised to head back towards US$1.4000/EUR over the medium term, we are turning our attention towards alternative funding currencies to take advantage of high... 2008-08-22

Our short-term bullish view on central European local debt (see CE Debt Looks Promising Over Short Term July 14 in our online service) has played out, with the Czech and Hungarian... 2008-08-04

The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) held its policy rate at 8.50% for the second consecutive month at its monetary council meeting on July 21. According to a statement from Deputy... 2008-07-22

The macroeconomic challenges we highlighted in our last quarterly Emerging Europe sovereign risk ratings update have escalated further in the second quarter, with little sign of easing... 2008-07-17

Central European local debt markets have improved somewhat in recent weeks, with yields contracting from their June-July highs, and we believe that the technical patterns point towards... 2008-07-14

We believe that the Hungarian forint has further to go in its present bull run after gaining 13.5% against the euro since early March. Having broken through a key resistance level... 2008-07-10

BMI's short-term view on European external debt markets has played out, with significant spread widening occurring in many of the region's benchmark 5-year credit default swaps (CDS).... 2008-07-04