Significance
It dropped to 332.2, a decline of 5.7% since March 10, when the forint reached its strongest level against the euro this year. While the forint has fallen steadily against the single currency over the past several years -- it has lost 18% since November 2012, with half the decline occurring since mid-2017 -- it has come under more strain since March, owing to a combination of fallout from the US-China trade war and the persistently dovish policy stance of Hungary’s Central Bank (MNB).
Impacts
Markets have become increasingly pessimistic about the growth prospects for the euro-area.
A technical recession is increasingly probable in Germany, where the benchmark ten-year government bond yield is at a near-record low.
Central Europe’s economies are decoupling from the industrial slowdown in the largest EU economy, although divergences are narrowing.
Renewed hopes of a US-Chinese trade truce, including a possible roll-back of existing tariffs, are improving sentiment towards EM.