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Central Europe banks face low risk

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EASTERN EUROPE

Banks in the four Visegrad countries (V4) countries -- Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia -- are generally sound and well-capitalised, but regulators are vigilant in…

Pressure rises on Hungary’s central bank to hike rates

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The long-anticipated change in ECB policy is contributing to the recent tightening in financial conditions. The credibility of central banks in Central Europe (CE), where…

Monetary policy will remain loose in Central Europe

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Factors keeping monetary policy loose, despite stronger growth.

Room for more rate cuts is limited in Central Europe

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Policy implications of the downward pressure on inflation from the renewed oil price decline.

Hungary’s rising prices may shift monetary policy

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HUNGARY

The sharp slide in the forint is fuelling inflationary pressures, testing the resolve of the National Bank (MNB -- the central bank) to continue providing stimulus to the economy…

Weaker euro-area may affect Emerging Europe

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EUROPE

The fallout in Central-eastern Europe (CEE) from Brexit.

Central European local investors will hold on to bonds

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The lira’s collapse is fuelling outflows from Turkey’s local currency government debt market, as foreign investors reduce their purchases of emerging market (EM) domestic debt…

Prospects for emerging economies to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for emerging economies to end-2017.

Emerging Europe will weather storm from China

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EUROPE

The currency and debt markets of Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) are proving resilient to fallout from the turmoil in China's financial markets, now the primary determinant of…

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe in 2018

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PROSPECTS 2018

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe in 2018.