Szabolcs Pásztor
The Draghi report: a good medical report with less feasible recommendations
The following post tries to understand and put into context the so-called Draghi report of September 2024. The report is frank about…
Strong stimulus elements in the 2025 budget
The first step towards understanding economic policy always starts by looking at the expenditure side of the budget. Each expenditure line shows…
Is it really a bad thing to spend abroad? – The role of imports in the V4 countries
At its interest rate decision meeting on 27 August 2024, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank left the policy interest rate unchanged. At the…
#Oecomment –Looking back at the Hungarian EU Presidency
Since 1958, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union has rotated every six months. From July to December 2024, Hungary…
Turning the Tides: Issues of European Competitiveness through the Prism of the Hungarian EU Presidency
“Without serious, deep, and comprehensive reforms Europe will inexorably decline, both economically and politically. Absent profound change, in twenty or thirty years…
#Oecomment- Oeco-index: a new approach to better understand the development of countries
The Oeconomus Research Fundation has developed a new way to better understand the development of countries. The complex indicator is built on…
Do Romanians really earn more?
According to Eurostat’s wage statistics for 2023, Hungarian wage levels in euros were ahead of those in Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria, and…
Beyond the Romanian consumption data: increased public debt and unchanged savings level
During recent weeks, Eurostat published an interesting map showing the volume index of per capita consumption in 2022. These figures have been…
