Hungarian National Bank

Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Headquarters	Budapest
Coordinates	47°30′13″N 19°3′7″E / 47.50361°N 19.05194°E / 47.50361; 19.05194
Established	24 June 1924 (1924-06-24)
Governor	György Matolcsy
Central bank of	Hungary
Currency	Hungarian forint HUF (ISO 4217)
Preceded by	Royal Hungarian State Bank
Website	Official site of Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Hungarian National Bank's building in Liberty Square, in the Inner City of Budapest

The Hungarian National Bank (Hungarian: Magyar Nemzeti Bank) is the central bank of Hungary. It controls the country’s monetary policy.

Its principal aim is price stability, but it is also responsible for issuing the national currency, the forint, controlling the money in circulation, setting the Central Bank base rate, publishing official exchange rates, and managing the foreign-exchange reserves and gold to influence exchange rates.

Operations

The Governor of the Hungarian National Bank is appointed by the President of Hungary at the proposal of the Prime Minister for a six-year term. The most important decision-making body of the Hungarian National Bank is the Monetary Council. Its building is located in Liberty Square, in the Inner City of Budapest, next to the U.S. Embassy building.

The MNB maintains a medium-term inflation target of around 3%. This is somewhat higher than the generally accepted level of inflation for price stability in Europe, and it is used in order to allow for Hungary's "price catch-up" to the rest of Europe.^[1] Hungary's Central Bank Act states, "The primary objective of the MNB shall be to achieve and maintain price stability. Without prejudice to its primary objective, the MNB shall support the economic policy of the Government using the monetary policy instruments at its disposal".

Demonetised or damaged currency can be exchanged in the bank's head office as well as its two regional offices.

History

In the Austria-Hungary era the Austro-Hungarian Bank was the central bank of the Monarchy, but after World War I, it was dissolved and the new Royal Hungarian State Bank was established. The first independent Hungarian central bank, the National Bank of Hungary, commenced operations on 24 June 1924, in the form of a company limited by shares.^[2] Hungary's Central Bank Act founded the Hungarian National Bank.

The October 1991 Act on the National Bank of Hungary reinstated central bank independence. The Act LVIII of 2001 on the Magyar Nemzeti Bank established the Hungarian government and the MNB as the policy makers determining the exchange-rate regime. Since 26 February 2008, the forint has floated freely against the euro.^[2]

Hungary was supposed to join the eurozone in 2010, which would have resulted in the MNB losing control of monetary policy, but central bank leaders criticized this plan, saying that the fiscal austerity requirements would slow growth.^[3] In December 2011 two of the three major credit rating agencies downgraded Hungarian debt to "junk status", due in part to changes to the Constitution of Hungary, creating doubts about the independence of the central bank.^[4]^[5]

Logos

Logo of the Hungarian National Bank, used until December 2010
Logo used from December 2010 to August 2013
Current logo since August 2013

References

↑ "Press Release: Medium-term inflation target", 22 August 2005. Accessed 18 July 2006
↑ 2.0 2.1 "History". The Central Bank of Hungary. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
↑ "Hungary Central Banker Urges Delay for Euro", Associated Press, 18 July 2006, Accessed 22 July 2006
↑ "Hungary borrowing costs rise on junk downgrade". BBC. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
↑ "Hungary: playing chicken". The Guardian. 25 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.

External links

(Hungarian) (English) Official site of Magyar Nemzeti Bank
Central Bank Rates worldwide: Hungarian Rates, monetary meetings, central banks

Coordinates: 47°30′12.78″N 19°3′8.32″E / 47.5035500°N 19.0523111°E / 47.5035500; 19.0523111

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