BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will offer large and medium-sized companies 200 billion forints ($494.7 million) of loan guarantees and reduced rate loans in an effort to avoid recession, Minister for Economic Development Marton Nagy said on Thursday. With inflation above 20% and rising, and the economy slowing, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government faces the twin challenge of curbing inflation while trying to stave off a recession. It has already capped the price of fuel and basic foodstuffs as well as mortgage rates. Energy bills are also capped for most households. The government also decid…