Hungarian central bank cuts key interest rate by half a point
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The Hungarian central bank reduced its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 9.0 percent, saying inflation was falling but warning of a high public deficit that threatens Hungary's chances of adopting the euro by 2010.
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The Hungarian central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points, from 11.0 percent to 10.5 percent, the bank said in a statement posted on its website.
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday  slashed benchmark interest rates by a half-percentage point in  a bold bid to buffer the economy from a housing slump and  related financial market turbulence.
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The Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to 3.5%, as it aims to reduce the risk of a US recession.
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The Federal Reserve, confronted with a global stock sell-off fanned by increased fears of a recession, cut a key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Tuesday
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Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, has made clear that a cut in interest rates is not on the central bank&#39;s agenda, despite the increasingly damaging
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The Bank of England will likely trim interest rates by a quarter-point to 5.25 percent on Thursday, as it seeks to support growth but contain inflationary pressures, analysts said.
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The Hungarian economy showed signs on Friday of sharp slowing in response to austerity measures to prepare for entry into the eurozone.
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The European Central Bank leaves its key interest rate unchanged at 2% for the 19th month in succession.
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Hungaryâs central bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rate, the European Unionâs highest, for the first time since 2005 after inflation slowed. Policy makers, led by the central bankâs governor, Andras Simor, left, cut the two-week deposit rate a quarter-point, to 7.75 percent, after holding it since October. A leveling of wage growth also persuaded rate setters to lower borrowing costs, Mr. Simor said. Hungaryâs annual inflation rate has quadrupled in the last year as Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsanyâs government raised taxes and utility bills. Inflation excluding food and energy prices slowed for a second month in May, and an easing of pressures in the labor market reduced concern that prices would rise faster than the inflation target in the medium term.
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The Hungarian central bank lowered its key interest rate by 50 basis points, from 11.0 percent to 10.5 percent, the bank said in a statement posted on its website.
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Responding to a worldwide stock sell-off and fears about a U.S. recession, the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rate before the opening of the U.S. markets.
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Stock index futures sharply cut losses on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark fed funds interest rate by 75 basis points.
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New Zealand&#39;s central bank has again moved to ease inflation pressures, raising its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 6.25 percent -- a level last seen in March 2001.
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As expected, the central bank raised the federal funds rate on overnight loans by a quarter point, to 2.25 percent.
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European Central Bank boss Jean-Claude Trichet talks down rate cut chances amid financial market problems.
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The European Central Bank held its key interest rate steady at 4 percent while the Bank of England cut its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 5.25 percent.