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The council also left the O/N deposit rate at 5.50pc and the O/N collateralised loan rate at 7.5%.
The rates mark the ends of the central bank’s symmetric interest rate corridor.
In a statement released after the meeting, the council said the decision to keep the base rate on hold was taken “in line with the stability-oriented approach”.
The council affirmed its commitment to achieving the inflation target in a sustainable manner and said maintaining tight monetary conditions was warranted.
“Restrictive monetary policy contributes to the maintenance of financial market stability, the anchoring of inflation expectations consistently with the central bank target and, as a result, to the achievement of the inflation target in a sustainable manner by ensuring positive real interest rates,” the council added.
“A careful and patient approach to monetary policy remains necessary due to risks to the inflation environment as well as trade policy and geopolitical tensions,” the policymakers said.
At a press conference after the meeting, MNB governor Mihaly Varga said the Council had affirmed its commitment to achieving the inflation target in a sustainable manner. He added that by ensuring tight monetary conditions, the 3% mid-term inflation target could be reached in early 2027.
The decision to keep the base rate on hold was unanimous, he said. Forward guidance remains unchanged, he added. Varga acknowledged the “significant mitigating” impact of price restriction measures on headline inflation, but said underlying trends “remain strong”.
He added that household inflation expectations had “decreased slightly” but were still at a high level.
Varga said maintaining stability on the FX market was of “key importance” to reducing inflation expectations.
The minutes of the meeting will be published at 2:00 in the afternoon on November 5.
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