Assessing the macroeconomic landscape in Hungary and CEE region

This roundtable convenes an expert panel from across international financial institutions to evaluate the macroeconomic outlook for Hungary and the central and eastern Europe region.
Speakers address the performance and prospects for Hungary and the CEE region, exploring factors including inflation, employment, balance of payments, fiscal positions and geopolitical risk. The discussion also encompasses structural particularities of the Hungarian economy. These include the impact of banking sector consolidation, opportunities and risks of foreign direct investment-led growth, strategies to diversify exports and competitiveness and financing options for digitalisation and sustainability goals. Sectoral and regional dynamics, including the role of digitalisation in manufacturing and policies aimed at mitigating spatial inequality, will also be addressed.
This discussion forms part of a wider project ‘Unlocking Hungary’s post-pandemic growth potential’. This project comprises interviews with Magyar Nemzeti Bank and Hungary’s finance ministry, alongside investors. It features an international conference in Budapest on 16 November, bringing together a highly influential group of asset owners, investment managers, policy-makers, bankers and other financial services providers to join speakers from the official sector. They will provide the international financial community with unique insights into regional macroeconomic developments and the potential to invest in and via Hungary. This project culminates in a report released in late 2023.
Speakers
András Balatoni
Director, Economic Forecast and Analysis
Magyar Nemzeti Bank
András Balatoni
Director, Economic Forecast and Analysis
Magyar Nemzeti Bank
Zsoka Koczan
Lead Economist, Transition Impact and Global Economics,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Zsoka Koczan
Lead Economist, Transition Impact and Global Economics,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Coleman Nee
Senior Economist, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Research and Statistics Division
World Trade Organisation
Coleman Nee
Senior Economist, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Research and Statistics Division
World Trade Organisation
Jakub Rybacki
Head, Macroeconomics Team
Polish Economic Institute
Jakub Rybacki
Head, Macroeconomics Team
Polish Economic Institute
Magdolna Sass
Director, Institute of World Economics
Center for Economic and Regional Studies (Hungary)
Magdolna Sass
Director, Institute of World Economics
Center for Economic and Regional Studies (Hungary)
Timings
13:00-14:30 (London)
08:00-09:30 (New York)
21:00-22:30 (Singapore)
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