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Rising ST Rates May Lead To Industrial Recession in Near Term

HUNGARY
  • In the past few weeks, we have seen that the moderate to aggressive rate hikes in the CEE region to curb the elevated inflationary pressures have led to a sharp upside retracement in ST bond yields.
  • Historically, we know that a sharp tightening in financial conditions has generally led to downward revision in growth expectations.
  • The chart below shows that the 2Y change in Hungarian 3Y yield change has strongly led industrial production (proxy for economic activity) by 6 months.
  • We saw earlier this month that industrial production fell by 1.7% in September and could continue to deteriorate in the coming months as NBH continues to tighten.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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