Report on Some of the Sessions of the Hungarian Economic Association Congress

Tóth, Ferenc and Nagy, Benjámin and Szarka, Gábor and Bánkuty-Balogh, Lilla Sarolta (2023) Report on Some of the Sessions of the Hungarian Economic Association Congress. FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REVIEW, 22 (4). pp. 179-189. ISSN 2415-9271

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Abstract

On 21–22 September 2023, the 61st Annual Congress of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA) was held in Eger, Hungary. This is the largest annual conference of the Hungarian economics community with one of the most significant traditions. At the opening plenary session, György Matolcsy, Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB, the central bank of Hungary), Mihály Varga, Minister of Finance, and Péter Ákos Bod, university lecturer, Professor Emeritus of Corvinus University, Vice President of HEA, held a roundtable discussion on economic policy moderated by Gyula Pleschinger, President of HEA and member of the Monetary Council of the MNB. Following this, László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary and member of the Board of the Sustainability Section of HEA, gave a presentation.1 In this report, we give an account of the bank chiefs’ roundtable discussions and the sessions on monetary policy, sustainability and competitiveness issues as well as the need to measure sustainable development.

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