The forint under modest pressure

CE Forex and fixed-income markets were mostly calm yesterday. Some modest losses were seen in the Hungarian forex market, as the forint does not like news, which indicate that the government will probably increase its target for the 2013 budget deficit (to still modest 2.8% of GDP), while it is not willing to make concessions to the IMF/EU on several budget issues.
We believe that the 25 bps has already been mostly priced in, so the NBP move should not be a big surprise both for the zloty and the fixed-income market. Nevertheless afternoon’s press conference of Governor Belka should be closely watched.