EM CEEMEA CREDIT: HUNGARY: Fitch Set to Review Hungary’s Rating Next Week
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• As well as the review from Moody’s, Fitch is scheduled to review Hungary next week (current rating: BBB), though its stable outlook makes a downgrade less likely. Nonetheless, a switch to a negative outlook remains a possibility. S&P revised Hungary’s outlook to negative in April.
• National Economy Minister Marton Nagy stressed that he does not foresee any further risk to next year's deficit and that credit rating agencies will not change their stance due to new fiscal measures, as they had already anticipated a deficit of around 5% next year.
• In similar vein, speaking in an interview with MNI earlier this month, a former senior NBH official said there is “always something the government can tweak, some sort of short-term fix – such as raising the bank tax, for example – to avoid a downgrade.”
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- Along with the expected 25bp cut to an overnight rate of 2.25%, a key phrase from the BOC’s October policy statement drove a mildly hawkish market reaction by signalling an intention to hold rates steady at upcoming meetings (vs market/analyst expectations split between a further 25bp cut or a post-October pause coming into this meeting).
- The key phrase in the statement was: "If inflation and economic activity evolve broadly in line with the October projection, Governing Council sees the current policy rate at about the right level to keep inflation close to 2% while helping the economy through this period of structural adjustment."
- Though Governing Council didn’t close the door to another cut ("If the outlook changes, we are prepared to respond. Governing Council will be assessing incoming data carefully relative to the Bank’s forecast”), the language about rates being “about right” was repeated a few times in the post-meeting press conference, reinforcing the perception that the BOC envisages holding rates in future meetings in its base case, after having reduced policy rates by 275bp in this cycle.
- Terminal BOC overnight rate expectations concluded the press conference at around 2.15%, versus 2.12-2.13% coming into the meeting – suggesting expectations are now leaning more toward an indefinite hold rather than another cut in the cycle.
- The Canadian dollar benefited as well, with USDCAD extending losses through the press conference to move through the 1.3900 handle.
- We haven’t seen any Canada bank analyst view changes as yet. Coming into the meeting, 7 Canadian banks had been split 3/4 in favour of another cut in this cycle beyond October; BMO analysts wrote after the decision they still anticipate another 25bp reduction though we await Desjardins’ and National’s verdicts.
US: Speaker Johnson Won't Bring House Back To Pass New CR As Shutdown Continues
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has ruled out bringing the House of Representatives, which has been recessed for 40 days, back into session to pass a new funding bill.
- Johnson told reporters, "Wouldn't that be a futile exercise when we have a CR that's been sitting over there since Sept. 19? If I brought the House back and we passed another CR, it would meet the exact same fate from [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer [D-NY]. He would mock it, they would spike it, and they would try to blame it on us. So, what would be the point of that?"
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) indicated to reporters yesterday that bipartisan talks have “picked up”, but there doesn’t appear to be an immediate offramp out of the shutdown as the two sides remain dug in on healthcare.
- Thune is likely to recess the Senate after a 14th vote on the House-passed CR on Thursday. The shutdown will enter its 35th day on Tuesday, November 4, equalling the record for the longest ever US government shutdown.
- According to Polymarket, the most likely shutdown end date is November 23. That is beyond the timeframe for the Continuing Resolution passed by the House in late September, which extends funding until November 21.
Figure 1: When will the Government Shutdown End?
- Source: Polymarket
