01804cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005721 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451818130 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Hungary : First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria; Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009. 1 online resource (59 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper discusses key findings of the First Review for Hungary under the Stand-By Arrangement. All end-December 2008 quantitative performance criteria and the continuous performance criterion on nonaccumulation of external arrears were met. The structural performance criterion on submission to parliament of a draft support package for domestic banks by November 10, 2008, was observed. The end-December 2008 structural benchmarks of passage of the fiscal responsibility law and submission to parliament of amendments granting the Hungarian Financial Supervision Agency (HFSA) special remedial powers were also observed. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2009/105 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2009/105/002.2009.issue-105-en.xml IMF e-Library