HUNGARY: NBH Say Disciplined Monetary Policy is “Indispensable"
Jul-09 12:05
Highlights from the minutes:
- The Council members emphasised that a disciplined monetary policy was indispensable for underlying inflation to decline to a level consistent with price stability
- The general view among Council members was that maintaining a tight monetary policy stance remained necessary
- In the context of the June decision, the Monetary Council discussed one option for decision, i.e. leaving the base rate unchanged. In line with its stability-oriented approach, the Council decided unanimously to leave the base rate unchanged at its June meeting.
- In the decision makers’ assessment, changing the forward guidance had been not warranted
- Several decision makers noted that the external interest rate environment was still surrounded by uncertainty
- When assessing domestic inflation data, some Council members pointed out that although the rate of price increases had decelerated in the recent months in comparison to the level observed in February, mandatory and voluntary price restriction measures had contributed significantly to it.
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