06 Feb CEE MARKETS-Currencies retreat, forint at new record low
Central European currencies
weakened on Friday, with the Czech crown and Romanian leu giving
up some of the previous day’s gains and the Hungarian forint
setting a fresh record low after an unexpected Czech rate hike
shook up the region’s markets.
The Czech crown jumped as much as 0.8% on Thursday
after the Czech National Bank delivered a surprise increase in
interest rates to quell domestic price pressures, raising the
main two-week repo rate by 25 basis points
weakened on Friday, with the Czech crown and Romanian leu giving
up some of the previous day’s gains and the Hungarian forint
setting a fresh record low after an unexpected Czech rate hike
shook up the region’s markets.
The Czech crown jumped as much as 0.8% on Thursday
after the Czech National Bank delivered a surprise increase in
interest rates to quell domestic price pressures, raising the
main two-week repo rate by 25 basis points
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