The outbreak of the economic crisis in 2007–2008 changed the views about economic policy worldwide, in particular, the role, tasks and responsibility of monetary policy. Hungary was hit by the crisis in a particularly vulnerable state; therefore the aim of reducing external vulnerability was a...

This study defines various fiscal indicators for different analytical purposes, adjusting for the distorting effect of creative accounting. It presents these indicators using the example of Hungary. The study abandons the general view that an identical balance is produced from the two...

As regards the concept of fiscal sustainability, our study finds that in this area a variety of issues can be examined with very different tools. The issues may concern the achievement of fiscal constraints over an infinite horizon, the realisation of a specific target, or the fiscal policy...

Our study aims to compare the level of redistribution, and expenditure structure of the Visegrád countries in the period between 1995–2010. For the purpose of comparability, the new methodology presented in the study filters out those components of total expenditures, which are exogenous in...

A The delay in accession to the euro zone makes the Hungarian economy vulnerable, thus the present state of public finance may be the source of serious problems. The prerequisite of accession is for the deficit measured with the European methodology to stay below 3 per cent of GDP, whereas the...

Organized by the State Audit Office and the National Bank of Hungary with assistance from the Ministry of Finance on May 19 2006, the conference on a Fiscal Responsibility Framework (FRF) responded to the topical issue of the lasting grievances and the continuous deterioration of the...

The Law on Fiscal Responsibility adopted late 2008 is a new element in Hungarian fiscal policy, although not without precedent. Under the law, the Parliament and the Government limit themselves to prevent high fiscal deficits and a further increase in public indebtedness, experienced in recent...

In this article, the average expenditure of Hungary is compared to that of the other three Visegrád countries. In Hungary, this expenditure is higher by 10 % of GDP, but one-quarter of this is attributable to higher interest expenses, and one-third to revenue factors which simultaneously...