Wages, not the forint, the biggest risk facing Hungary’s MPC

The move by Hungary’s MPC to loosen monetary policy last week appears to have been aimed at weakening the forint, which looks to us like a step in the wrong direction. The key threat to inflation and external competitiveness stems from rising wages, pointing to the need to tighten policy – not loosen it.

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