BUDAPEST, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Hungary’s central bank (NBH) increased the surplus liquidity it provides to the banking system to 1.506 trillion forints ($5.65 billion) at Monday’s foreign currency swap tenders, from 1.456 trillion forints a week ago, it said in a statement.
The NBH accepted bids worth 159 million euros ($187.45 million) for its 1-month swap facility, which provides forint liquidity in return for euros, and 79 million euros for the three-month maturity, it said on its page.
Banks submitted bids worth 363 million euros for the one-month swaps. For the three-month facility, all bids were accepted. ($1 = 266.44 forints) ($1 = 0.8482 euros) (Reporting by Sandor Peto and Gergely Szakacs)
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