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Credit crunch in Hungary between 2009 and 2013: is the creditless period over?

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  • Ádám Balog
  • György Matolcsy
  • Nagy Márton
  • Balázs Vonnák

    (Magyar Nemzeti Bank)

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This article provides a review of the Hungarian credit crunch between 2009 and 2013, including its causes and its nature, with particular regard to a factor playing a crucial role in growth: SME-lending. It is argued that, although the indebtedness of the corporate sector was much less excessive and unhealthy in structure than that of the household and the public sectors, the disruptions of the financial intermediary system resulted, to a large degree, in the decline in corporate lending. The article then goes on to present the Funding for Growth Scheme (FGS) and the economic logic behind its operating mechanism. Finally, it assesses the impact of the first phase of the programme on lending and economic growth, and it concludes that the FGS helped the Hungarian economy extricate itself from the downward spiral of the credit crunch.

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  • Ádám Balog & György Matolcsy & Nagy Márton & Balázs Vonnák, 2014. "Credit crunch in Hungary between 2009 and 2013: is the creditless period over?," Financial and Economic Review, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary), vol. 13(4), pages 11-34.
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    Keywords

    Credit crunch; Unconventional monetary policy; Funding for Growth Scheme;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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