Deloitte chief nominated to Hungary's central bank

Hungarian prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany on Friday 16 February nominated Andras Simor, chief of the Hungarian arm of auditing and consulting giant Deloitte, as be new governor of the central bank.

Gyurcsany said that the nomination showed the government respected the bank's independence.

Current central bank governor Zsigmond Jarai has been a fierce critic of the government's economic policy, with his six-year tenure ending in March.

Jarai was appointed to the post in 2001 while the current

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