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Economic Outlook Worsens Amid Surging ST Rates

HUNGARY
  • The surge in ST rates amid aggressive NBH tightening keeps pricing in a significant deceleration in the economic activity.
  • Hungary 3Y yield has been retracing sharply higher in March following the dramatic HUF depreciation due to the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
    • The 3Y yield broke above the 6% level and is currently standing at its highest level since November 2012.
  • Historically, a sharp increase in ST rates tends to weigh on the business cycle.
  • The chart below shows that the 2-year change in Hungary 3Y yield has strongly led the industrial production (proxy for economic activity) by 6 months in the past cycle.
  • Will the sharp tightening cycle run by the NBH lead to a recession in Hungary in late 2022/early 2023?

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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