Budapest’s credit rating falls to ‘junk’ as funding row with Orbán’s government intensifies

Budapest’s credit rating falls to ‘junk’ as funding row with Orbán’s government intensifies

The city of Budapest has been cut to junk status by Moody’s, a leading global credit rating agency, in a rating action that explicitly links the Hungarian capital’s short-term credit risk to liquidity pressure and an ongoing institutional dispute with the national government. “Moody’s Ratings today downgraded the Base Credit Assessment of the City of … Read more