The objective of economic research at the Magyar Nemzeti Bank is to provide a strong conceptual and empirical foundation upon which to make sound monetary policy and financial stability decisions by providing high-quality economic theory models, and tools of economic analysis. Research is primarily carried out at four departments: the Research Department, the Monetary Strategy and Economic Analysis Department, the Financial Analysis Department and the Financial Stability Department. The Research Department carries out the longer term, academic style research, and collaborates with the other three departments in developing models and tools for economic analysis. Research at the Monetary Strategy and Economic Analysis Department, the Financial Analysis Department and the Financial Stability Department develop frontier tools, models and carry out high quality analysis to further our understanding of monetary policy, financial markets and the banking system in general and in Hungary.
High quality research is essential for high quality monetary policy decisions. Moreover, it also enhances the reputation of the MNB among policy makers, financial market analysts and academic economists. Finally, it enables the MNB to contribute to the monetary and economic policymaking of the Eurosystem once it becomes a member. Hence the Bank seeks to develop its research in order to have a significant impact not only nationally, but also internationally. The Magyar Nemzeti Bank aims at developing the research skills that meet high international standards and produce frontier research. To ensure high quality, the Bank asked two external evaluators to review the research activities of the MNB.
„Magyar Nemzeti Bank Research Evaluation Report 2008” by Lászlό Halpern (Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) and Loretta J. Mester (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania).