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HUNGARY: Producer Prices Fall 0.9% M/M, Moody’s May Provide Ratings Update

HUNGARY
  • Hungary's producer prices fell 0.9% m/m in April. Year-on-year, prices fell 2.0%, marking the ninth consecutive month of contraction (Prior: -3.0%). Domestic prices of the manufacturing sector, which have a 60.0% weight in the PPI, edged up 0.4% year-on-year. Domestic energy prices, which account for 38.6% of PPI, fell 15.3%.
  • Meanwhile, Hungary's final trade balance for March came in at +EUR 1.570bn, broadly in-line with the preliminary reading of +EUR 1.510bn, according to the Central Statistical Office. Imports fell 2.4% m/m while exports fell 3.1% m/m.
  • Mol discovered another oil well near Budapest with another 1,300 barrel-per-day output, boosting hydrocarbon production by about 1.5%, Bloomberg report.
  • Moody’s is scheduled to review Hungary’s sovereign credit rating after markets close (Current Rating: Baa2; Outlook: stable). Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto will attend a NATO meeting in Prague.

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