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2025-12-16 22:02:55
[Hawkward Stability: Hungarian Central Bank Combats Inflation Uncertainty with "Patience and Caution"] ⑴ The Hungarian Central Bank stated that maintaining a cautious and patient monetary policy remains necessary. ⑵ The central bank believes that maintaining a tight monetary environment is justified, and that restrictive monetary policy helps maintain the stability of financial markets. ⑶ Future decisions regarding the benchmark interest rate level will be made cautiously and data-driven at each meeting. ⑷ The central bank pointed out that household inflation expectations remain stagnant, indicating that inflationary sentiment has not yet stabilized. ⑸ Meanwhile, corporate price adjustments at the beginning of the year and the timing of the withdrawal of government price controls have brought uncertainty to the inflation outlook. ⑹ The central bank's overall stance maintained a hawkish tone, emphasizing that it will not shift to easing until inflation risks are fully under control, and policy adjustments will be highly dependent on subsequent economic data.
