February 15, 2006 Lajos Ódor: Beyond the flat tax: fiscal consolidation strategy in Slovakia

The presentation will be held in the Visitor Centre at 3 pm. in Hungarian language.

Lajos Ódor: Beyond the flat tax: fiscal consolidation strategy in Slovakia

(Member of the Bank Board, Director, Research Department, NBS

Former Chief Economist, Director, Financial Policy Institute)

The primary objective of the MNB shall be to achieve and maintain price stability. (...) Without prejudice to its primary objective, the MNB shall support the maintenance of the stability of the system of financial intermediation, the enhancement of its resilience, its sustainable contribution to economic growth; furthermore, the MNB shall support the government’s economic policy and its policy related to environmental sustainability, using instruments at its disposal.