The usability and cost-cutting effects of blockchain technology in the operations of large European companies PÉTER NAGY – BOGLÁRKA NAGY-TÓTH – ADRIÁN SZILÁRD NAGY Blockchain technology is playing an increasingly important role in the digital transformation of large enterprises, particularly…

Isolating Russia from technology – how effective is the West’s strategic embargo? ÁDÁM MÁRKUS – DÓRA MEZŐ – VERONIKA FENYVES – LÁSZLÓ ERDEY Although Russia has been able to circumvent Western strategic embargoes, this study shows that this does not…

Thunder or earthquake? How does protectionism affect the functioning of the networked global economy and the level of tension within it? ANIKÓ BÓDI-SCHUBERT – ILDIKÓ RITZL Recent events, such as the coronavirus pandemic, heightened geopolitical tensions and the economic difficulties…

Economic Analyses in Spring 2025 Since 2001, Külgazdaság has been publishing the forecasts and analyses of economic researchers, including the outlook of the National Bank of Hungary. For last year, the government’s goals included dynamic economic growth, mitigating inflation and…

Inquiry of the editors of Külgazdaság WILL THERE BE A NEW WORLD ORDER? IF SO, WHAT KIND? OR WILL CHAOS BE ORDER? MOREOVER, WHERE WILL HUNGARY LAND? Global disorder, global (dis)order, global dis-order. The English term is varied depending on…

Financial adaptation of sectors in the Hungarian economy during the coronavirus pandemic BÉLA KÁDÁR – SZILÁRD HEGEDŰS The coronavirus pandemic and the measures taken to mitigate its effects have had a significant impact on the Hungarian economy, with varying degrees…

Abstract The Recovery and Resilience Facility at mid-term: a successful new support instrument of the European Union? SAROLTA SOMOSI – BEÁTA FARKAS At the heart of the European Union’s NextGenerationEU financial support programme, launched in 2020, is the Recovery and…

Guns or butter: the fiscal readiness of EU member states for Russia’s war against Ukraine GÁBOR KUTASI – ÁDÁM MARTON – GRZEGORZ WASZKIEWICZ: The guns or butter dilemma is a special case of the trade-offs in public funds, which arises…

Economic policy mix: a simplifying trilemma ÁDÁM CZELLENG The aim of this paper is to analyse the changing set of objectives of monetary and fiscal policies and to show the short-term and long-term effects of tools used according to these…

The fate of battery waste: regulation and technology DÓRA GYŐRFFY The paper examines what happens at the end of the battery value chain, i.e. what happens to waste, in the context of the development of the battery industry in Hungary.…