Hungary: Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion
June 30, 2009
Summary
This paper discusses key findings of the Second Review under the Stand-By Arrangement for Hungary. All end-March 2009 quantitative performance criteria and the continuous performance criterion on nonaccumulation of external arrears were met, as well as the end-March indicative target on central government debt. The end-March structural performance criteria related to pension reform and government lending to banks were met. The structural performance criterion on amendments to the Financial Stability Act was not fully met but, on the basis of the corrective action taken, IMF staff supports the authorities’ request for a waiver.
Subject: Banking, Credit, Currencies, External debt, Fiscal stance, Foreign exchange, Government debt management, Money, Public debt
Keywords: CR, Credit, Currencies, disbursement of SDR, executive board assessment, Global, government financial support, holdings of SDR, Hungarian forint, ISCR, reform, SDR, VIII.
Pages:
58
Volume:
2009
DOI:
Issue:
197
Series:
Country Report No. 2009/197
Stock No:
1HUNEA2009003
ISBN:
9781451818147
ISSN:
1934-7685





