The study analyses the relationship between public debt, external and internal disequilibrium and inflation in Hungary through changes in the public sector borrowing requirement and in the structure of budget financing. The analysis is based on data from the 1986-1997 period in order to put the...

The monetary programme – constructed on a quarterly basis in the NBH – is a crucial internal product of the decision making process. The programme evaluates the development of net financing capacities of different sectors and the monetary survey and gives a financial side story about the...

Central banks’ liquidity management plays a crucial role in the implementation of monetary policy. In most countries central banks influence short term interest rates through determining the equilibrium conditions of supply and demand in the market for bank reserves (liquidity). This article...

On 15 and 16 January 2003, an intensive speculative attack was launched against the exchange rate band of the forint. This study analyses the monetary policy decisions with regard to the antecedents of the speculation, the events of the speculative episode and the subsequent period of...