HUNGARY: Economy Minister Expects Food Retail Margin Limit to Cut CPI by 1ppt
Mar-13 08:02
Economy Minister Marton Nagy estimates that the basic food retail margin may limit inflation by up to 1ppt and food inflation by up to 2ppts, he said in a video posted on Facebook. He did not provide timing for when the expected effect will take place. As a reminder, the food retail margin limit of 10% will start March 17, affecting 30 basic food categories.
Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas will hold a briefing following a weekly government meeting at 09:00GMT/10:00CET. Meanwhile, ministers are set to speak from 08:30GMT/09:30CET and throughout the day at the Budapest Balkans Forum. No major data releases are scheduled for the remainder of the week.
The German Bund is testing 133.21, this was Yesterday's low, but not seen any standout size flows and the push lower.
The contract printed a 132.95 low post NFP, the next downside hurdle to watch, ahead of the 132.72 support.
US TYH5 look to test 109.01, the US NFP low, and looking at the 10yr Yield, 4.55% would be situated 108.26+ today, although the better Yield resistance will be seen at 4.60%.