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Hungary raises key interest rate

  Bloomberg Hungary raised its key interest rate after the currency falls close to an all-time low following the central bank’s decision to slow the pace of some of its monetary tightening. The one-week deposit rate was raised by 30 basis points to 6.75%, highest effective rate in the EU and matching the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. Deputy ...

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Mexico’s central bank cuts growth forecast to 2.2% for 2022

  Bloomberg Mexico’s central bank cut its growth forecast for this year and next, as the country’s recovery continues to sputter amid supply chain shortages and the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Banxico, as the central bank is known, sees gross domestic product expanding 2.2% for this year in the main scenario of its quarterly inflation report released Wednesday. ...

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Philippine peso drops

  Bloomberg The Philippine peso has weakened beyond a key level of support to a three-year low, paving the way for further declines. The currency slid past support around 52.50 per dollar that had held since the middle of March as it tumbled as much as 0.5% to 52.76, the weakest since March 2019. The peso came back under pressure ...

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