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Daily News Daily News · 10/10/2017
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Hungarian government interest expenditure fell EUR 1.6bn last year

economy National Bank of Hungary parliament

Budapest, 2017. október 10. Matolcsy György, a Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) elnöke ismerteti az MNB 2016. évrõl szóló üzleti jelentését az Országgyûlés gazdasági bizottsága ülésén a Parlamentben 2017. október 10-én. MTI Fotó: Kovács Tamás

Interest expenditure of the government fell by 500 billion forints (EUR 1.6bn) last year because of the lower yield of government bonds, National Bank of Hungary (NBH) governor György Matolcsy said at the meeting of parliament’s economic committee on Tuesday.

Matolcsy said the central bank had continued its self-financing programme in 2016 and the persistently loose monetary policy pushed government bond yields lower. The average yield for long-term bonds fell by 480bp and for short-term bonds by 670bp.

Lower interest expenditures with the share of FX-denominated government debt falling to 25 percent have significantly lowered the country’s vulnerability, he added.

The NBH’s governor said banks’ SME loan portfolio expanded by more than 8 percent last year.

Commenting on central bank staff remuneration, Matolcsy said that the NBH is in midfield compared to other banks in Hungary. As far as other central banks in Europe are concerned, it comes only before Estonia and Lithuania, he added.

Photo: MTI

Source: MTI

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