Europe needs new narrative in wake of ECB monetary policy programmes, says Matolcsy
Budapest, February 2 (MTI) – Europe needs a new narrative after the European Central Bank has launched its monetary policy programmes, central bank governor Gyorgy Matolcsy said on Monday.
Never before have so many central bank governors stayed in Budapest simultaneously, Matolcsy said, opening an international conference named on Sandor Lamfalussy, Hungarian-born economist known as “the father of the euro”.
Back in 2010, the Hungarian government faced the dilemma of how to handle the crisis, by orthodox or conventional means. Hungary would have been doomed to failure if only conventional methods had been applied, the governor of the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said, adding that successful crisis management required the combination of structural reforms, new jobs and political stability.
Austrian central banker Ewald Novotny said countries of the region had successfully kept the crisis under control. The NBH and the government are more optimistic in their assessment of the situation in Hungary than the International Monetary Fund, he said, adding that he shared the NBH’s view. A weak point for the countries of the region has been the current account deficit which he called an important indicator of long-term stability.
Turkish central bank governor Erdem Basci said high inflation and deflation are both detrimental to growth. A central bank can best contribute to economic growth by maintaining price stability, he said.
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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters
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