BUDAPEST, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister
Viktor Orban's top economic aide piled pressure on the central
bank on Tuesday to start lowering interest rates, saying current
borrowing costs were "extremely onerous" for the economy, which
is slowing sharply.
"I can only hope that the NBH (National Bank of Hungary)
starts lowering interest rates as soon as possible and will not
remain overly cautious," Economic Development Minister Marton
Nagy was quoted as saying by the news website index.hu.
The NBH holds its monthly policy meeting later on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Gergely Szakacs and Jason Hovet; Editing by
Andrew Heavens)
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