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Hungarian MPC signals further easing to come

The communiqué accompanying today’s decision by the Hungarian National Bank to cut its two-week deposit rate by 15bp, to 1.80%, was very similar to last month’s and clearly indicated that another small rate cut is likely at the next MPC meeting in May. All in all, we expect a further 30bp of cuts over the next few months and have nudged down our end-2015 interest rate forecast to 1.5%.

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