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Causes of Foreign Currency Lending – Possibilities of Inter-vention – Ways of Intervention

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The study examines foreign currency lending in Hungary. It states that: 1. The original reason behind foreign currency lending was the difference between the interest on foreign currency and Hungarian forint loans; 2. Foreign currency loans showed otherwise uncreditworthy clients as creditworthy; 3. Debtors and creditors are both at fault, therefore, responsibility and losses should be shared accordingly. The state can intervene through regulation or support. Any type of support means that the losses incurred by the debtor and creditor are spread between taxpayers who are not involved in the deal, therefore, such support can only be justified by social solidarity, whereas regulation can be unlimited. Recommendation: 1. State intervention should target the hous-ing rights of non-performing families; 2. In the interest of intervening with the lowest social cost, a special real estate fund should be created (which can be the National Asset Management Company), which should enter into a framework agreement with the com-mercial banks, according to which, depending on their eventual surplus liquidity, these banks would subscribe to real estate bonds – instead of government bonds – issued by the real estate fund, which would be guaranteed by the state and earn similar yields and have the same tenor as the current two-week bonds, issued by the central bank, thereby providing funding to ensure the continued housing rights of families that have become insolvent and unable to meet their loan repayment obligations.

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  • Bánfi, Tamás, 2012. "Causes of Foreign Currency Lending – Possibilities of Inter-vention – Ways of Intervention," Public Finance Quarterly, Corvinus University of Budapest, vol. 57(3), pages 358-370.
  • Handle: RePEc:pfq:journl:v:57:y:2012:i:3:p:358-370
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    Keywords

    oreign currency loan; mortgage; exchange risk; non-performing debtors; housing rights; special real estate fund;
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    JEL classification:

    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage

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