HATC SAMPLE EDITION:    Politics & Foreign Relations    Economic News    Business News    Other News of Interest    All stories	18th April, 2024 Households buy Ft 60bn of state bonds online Households making use of the possibility of opening treasury accounts online have invested a total of Ft 60 billion in state bonds since this option became available in December, Finance Minister Mihály Varga announced on Facebook on Wednesday. The possibility of opening an account online via mobile app, PC or laptop became a reality on December 11 last year. By early January, Hungarians had invested nearly Ft 9 billion in state bonds via more than 10,000 online-opened accounts. Those numbers have since grown to Ft 60 billion in 40,000 accounts. Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).
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