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See below MTI’s main business and financial news from the previous week:
BUDAPEST ON THE MAP OF THE LUXURY CHOCOLATE MARKET
The historic Damascene Ghraoui Chocolate recently opened its shop on the Andrássy Avenue. The company, which relaunched its business in Hungary after the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, will be present at the Salon du Chocolat of Paris as a Hungarian brand. Read more HERE.
ECONOMIST PÉTER RÓNA: WITHOUT A FUNCTIONAL WAGE UNION, EUROPE WILL FALL APART
Can the wage union idea be put into practice? Why is the migration crisis less of a pressing problem for the European Union than the wage gap between western and eastern member states? What are the responsibilities of EU leaders in this situation? Is the Hungarian government truly fighting against the colonization of our country as Viktor Orbán claims, and could Fidesz’ “political creatures” fattened up from the taxpayers’ money pull the Hungarian economy out of the slump? These were some of the issues addressed by professor of economics Péter Róna in his lecture held in Kévés Gallery on 2nd October.
THE MOST VALUABLE COMPANIES IN HUNGARIAN HANDS
Forbes.hu made a size-up about the most valuable Hungarian enterprises in all counties. It turned out that the country is hydrocephalic.
HUNGARY ISSUES TEN-YEAR EUR 1BN EUROBOND AT 1.9 PC YIELD
Hungary issued a ten-year EUR 1bn eurobond at a yield of 1.9 percent and used the proceeds from the sale to buy back 1.2 billion dollars of high-interest dollar bonds with short maturities. Buying back the dollar bonds resulted in an immediate interest expenditure of 22 billion forints (EUR 70.3m), but a 51.7 billion forint gain realised on FX swaps means Hungary took away net 29.3 billion forints from the deal, said Government Debt Management Agency CEO György Barcza.
MASTERPLAST TO INVEST EUR 6.7 M AT SERBIAN UNIT
Hungarian building materials maker Masterplast said it will invest 6.686 million euros at its fiberglass mesh plant in Subotica (Szabadka), Serbia, to broaden its production palette and boost capacity. The investment, scheduled to be completed next year, will increase the plant’s production capacity by 20 million sqm to more than 90 million sqm of fiberglass mesh a year.