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Far more than one small Central European country will be affected if Hungary's potentially destabilizing problems are not promptly addressed.

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced Oct. 16 it will lend as much as 5 billion euros ($6.75 billion) to the Hungarian Central Bank to help head off a local liquidity crisis. The ECB is attempting to nip Hungary’s potentially destabilizing problems in the bud, for if the Hungarian economy tanks, far more than one small Central European country will be affected.


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