The economic forecast for Austria and euro area monetary policy

The Oesterreichische Nationalbank is an integral part of the Eurosystem. With the governor sitting as a member of the European Central Bank’s governing council, the bank actively shapes the euro area’s monetary policy.

Birgit Niessner, head of the OeNB’s economic analysis and research department, joins OMFIF to discuss the latest forecasts for the Austrian economy, the transmission of monetary policy in relation to the euro area and effects of inflation. The roundtable will also delve into how Austria’s banking sector is tightly interlinked with the economies in central, eastern and southeastern Europe.