Hungarian forint

Hungarian forint
Magyar forint (Hungarian)
The banknotes of the Hungarian forint
ISO 4217 Code	HUF
User(s)	Hungary
Inflation	7.9% (January 2022)
Source	https://www.ksh.hu/
Subunit
​1⁄100	fillér (defunct)
Symbol	Ft
Plural	forintok (nominative only)
Coins
Freq. used	5 Ft, 10 Ft, 20 Ft, 50 Ft, 100 Ft, 200 Ft
Banknotes	500 Ft, 1000 Ft, 2000 Ft, 5000 Ft, 10,000 Ft, 20,000 Ft
Central bank	Hungarian National Bank
Printer	Pénzjegynyomda Zrt. Budapest
Mint	Hungarian Mint Ltd.

The forint (sign Ft; code HUF) is the currency of Hungary. It was formerly divided into 100 fillér, but fillér coins are no longer in circulation. The introduction of the forint on 1 August 1946 was a crucial step in the post-World War II stabilisation of the Hungarian economy, and the currency remained relatively stable until the 1980s. Transition to a market economy in the early 1990s made the forint less valuable; inflation peaked at 35% in 1991. ^[1] As a member of the European Union, the long-term aim of the Hungarian government may be to replace the forint with the euro, although under the current government there is no target date for adopting the euro.^[2]

1. ↑ BBC News Hungary lifts last currency restrictions. 18 June 2001
2. ↑ Szakacs, Gergely (2021-10-18). "Hungary's new opposition PM candidate wants stronger ties with EU". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-01-16.