Hungary tightens bank FX funding rules

FX loans continue to haunt the country's economy

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This week, the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said it has tightened foreign currency funding rules in a bid to decrease the country's foreign reserve requirements and reduce risk in the banking system.

The measures aim to smooth out maturity mismatches between long-term, foreign-currency loans and the short-term funding used by banks to finance them. The majority of Hungarian household loans are tied to the Swiss franc and euro, and have long-term maturities.

The rules state that banks will have

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