Economy of Hungary public sector spending falling from 62% of GDP to below 50%—the current account deficit was reduced to 2% of GDP, and government debt was paid down to 94% of annual export earnings. The Government of Hungary no longer requires IMF financial assistance and has repaid all of its debt to the fund. Consequently, Hungary enjoys favorable borrowing terms. Hungary's sovereign foreign currency debt issuance carries investment-grade ratings from all major credit-rating agencies, although recently the country was downgraded by Moody's, S&P and remains on negative outlook at Fitch. In 1995 Hungary's currency, the Forint (HUF), became convertible for all current
Functional currency into transactions (sales, payments, etc.) in multiple currencies. Each qualified business unit (QBU) of the business translates these items to its functional currency at an appropriate exchange rate. It then prepares periodic reports of its position (balance sheet) and activity (income and cash flow statements) in that functional currency. When various QBUs are combined, these reports are translated and consolidated to become financial statements. Translation of statements may result in translation differences, which are accounted for as a cumulative translation adjustment. Transactions are often translated at the spot rate, i.e., the rate of exchange between the transaction currency and the