KBC Market Research Desk
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The Central European currencies remained quite calm on Friday, especially vis-à-vis a strong depreciation of the euro triggered by dovish comments of ECB President Draghi. The zloty led gains and appreciated by about 0.3 % against the common currency and hit a five-week high after it breached (only temporarily) a support at EUR/PLN 4.20. Meanwhile, forint and koruna strengthened only negligibly. Draghi’s comments have however supported government bonds in Hungary as well as in Poland; 10-year yields fell by 8 bps and 9 bps respectively (see the chart below).
This week’s calendar is filled quite well. Apart from details of Czech and Polish GDP for the third quarter (and for example, Polish retail sales for October), markets will watch a meeting of the Hungarian central bank scheduled for tomorrow. Although we expect no change in rates in the remainder of this year, we do not exclude a possible rate cut in the beginning of the next year.
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