Macroeconomic and International analyses

• Analysis of the main Hungarian economic processes, the competitive sector and monetary policy, as well as financial markets;
• The economies of EU member states with special focus on the new EU countriesand the countries of South-Eastern Europe;
• Comparative world economic analyses
• International trade and raw material markets, oil markets, international financial and capital market trends;
• Analysis of structural shifts: Hungarian competitiveness, the labour market,  regional economic processes, foreign trade and institutional system, with an international overview;
• The effects of European integration: the stage of economic development, convergence of price, wage and income levels, macroeconomic stability and sustainable development, labour market and migration, the introduction of the euro, and common European policies;

• Sector analyses: tourism and other services, the energy sector, healthcare;
  
  

Macroeconomic forecasts

• Short and medium term macroeconomic forecast for the Hungarian economy, the world economy and the countries of East-Central Europe.
  
  

Development in statistical methodology:

• Improvement of methodology and of the data collection system in the field of foreign trade statistics (goods and services)

• Introducing EU harmonised methods and organising surveys for compiling Service Producer Price Index (SPPI) covering various service activities;
• Consultancy on special problems in the compilation of National Accounts.