"Hungary’s economy ministry said Monday investors are speculating against the Hungarian forint on the advice of a prominent financial analyst, and that is why the currency is weakening significantly against the euro. 'Nouriel Roubini, one of the most influential financial analysts in the world, recommended taking a forint short position in an investment note,' the ministry said in a statement. 'It seems that speculators have taken Mr. Roubini’s advice and started their attack on the forint.'
The forint neared the psychological level of 300 forints to the euro last week soon after Mr. Matolcsy’s remarks were published. It considerably underperformed regional peers, the Polish zloty and the Czech koruna. At noon local time on Monday, the forint was at 297 forints to the euro, more than 2% weaker than in the beginning of January and at a seven-month low."