This paper provides an overview of the impact of unconventional central bank instruments, the relevant international experiences and the room for application in Hungary. The use of unconventional instruments may be justified by the existence of financial market friction, turmoil, failure or...

Tax evasion reduces the efficiency of the economy as unequal opportunities of tax evasion leads to an inefficient distribution of resources. In Hungary, based on data for 2005–2006, tax evasion resulted in a transfer of 7.9 per cent of GDP from taxpayers to tax evaders. Following measures...

The purpose of our article is to define how the FX debt of the private sector changes the impact of the exchange rate on the real economy: to identify the balance sheet channels through which depreciation of the exchange rate has a negative impact on GDP and the factors which determine whether...

Tanulmányunkban a magyarországi professzionális inflációs előrejelzések értékelésére vállalkoztunk. A Reuters által végzett felmérés első hat éve alapján igazolódni látszik az az előzetes sejtés, miszerint az egyes makroelemzők előrejelzéseinek átlagolása csökkenti...

Broad theoretical consensus and vast empirical evidence reinforce the view that prudent fiscal policy – also advocated by the fiscal institutions of the eurozone – can support the stable long term growth. After presenting some general principles of the optimal fiscal policy, the paper...

This paper, requested by the Monetary Council, attempts to determine the level of inflation consistent with price stability, taking into account the characteristics of the Hungarian economy. Price stability is defined as the level of inflation that allows the maximisation of social welfare on a...

In this paper we analyze the bank lending channel in Hungary. We provide a brief overview of the theory and the empirical approaches used to investigate the existence of bank lending channel. From the possible methods we use the generally applied approach suggested by Kahsyap and Stein (1995)...

This paper studies the pass-through from the short-term money market rate to various forint denominated bank rates in Hungary between 1997-2004. The analysis is based on linear and non-linear error correction models (ECMs), using both aggregated and bank level data. According to the linear ECM...

Elemzésünkben hibakorrekciós modellek segítségével vizsgáljuk a piaci hozamok és a banki forinthitel- és forintbetéti kamatok közötti transzmissziót az 1997-2004-as periódusra - mind aggregált, mind egyedi banki adatokra vonatkozóan. Lineáris modellünk alapján a rövid...

Tanulmányunkban egy rugalmas árazású, kétszektoros nominális növekedési modellt építünk fel, amelyet a fokozatos tőkefelhalmozás melletti felzárkózás tanulmányozására használunk. Egy klasszikus kis, nyitott gazdaságot tekintünk, a külfölddel versenyző és nem versenyző...