Hungary's push to align with the euro area is reshaping its debt market. After Peter Magyar's April win and his statement that he plans to adopt the single currency, the 10-year forint yield pulled back by over two percentage points from its March high. Gergely Tardos, CEO of the Debt Management Agency, called this move only partway through the journey, saying, "Hungary's long-term yields have the potential to drop toward 4% as we approach the euro area," at a Friday forum in Eger in eastern Hungary.
Hungary entered this week's bout of global bond volatility with 10-year yields around 5.5%, already below higher-rated Poland's level. By the end of Viktor Orban's term as premier, those borrowing costs had been hovering near Romania's, above 7%. From here, Tardos said domestic yields could decline by a further 150 to 250 basis points. He added that moving toward the euro should help buffer Hungary from shocks in an increasingly unpredictable international bond market that tends to strike small emerging economies harder, and that domestic yields could still fall substantially even if core-market rates rise.
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Hungary's bond offerings are already pulling in a broader mix of investors, with more long-horizon buyers such as sovereign funds, according to Tardos. A market that is converging with the euro area and attracting stickier capital can change how Hungarian risk is perceived and priced.
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