Hungary's debt manager AKK sold HUF 60bn (EUR 206.6mn) in three-month discount treasury bills at an auction on March 20, raising the initial offer by HUF 10bn, due to high demand, the agency informed. Investors offered HUF 127.2bn worth of bids, up from HUF 89.8bn at the previous auction on March 13. The average yield stood at 7.26%, or 1bpt up from the yield at the previous tender and 10ppt over the secondary benchmark fixing. The range of the accepted yields declined, varying between 7.22% and 7.28%. |
Hungary's investment funds had aggregate assets of HUF 3.657tn (EUR 11.98bn) as of end-February 2013, up by 3.2% m/m, MTI news agency reported citing data from the association of investment funds ... more
The number of employees in Hungary's public and private sectors fell for the tenth straight month in January 2013 declining by 0.6% y/y to 2.574mn, the statistics office informed. The decline ... more
The assembly of state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM) has approved the purchase of the local gas business of German power utility E.ON, Hungary AM reported, citing local daily Magyar ... more