Upside inflation risks build across CEE

The latest CPI data out of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have been stronger than expected, and leading indicators suggest that inflation across the region may be higher than we previously anticipated this year. We have revised up our interest rate forecast in Hungary in response and no longer expect any monetary easing there in 2025. In Poland and Romania, we maintain our above consensus interest rate views.

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