Hungary Lost its Appetite

BUDAPEST, March 31 (Reuters) - Hungary posted a current account surplus of 456 million euros in the last quarter of 2009 and also had an annual surplus last year for the first time since it started publishing data in 1995.

For the whole of 2009 the current account was in surplus by 186 million euros, compared with a deficit of 7.504 billion euros in 2008, the National Bank of Hungary said on Wednesday.