The Budapest School for Central Bank Studies, the training school of Magyar Nemzeti Bank (the central bank of Hungary), offers intensive weekly courses in macroeconomics, monetary econom-ics, international economics, banking and financial economics and quantitative and econometric methods specifically tailored to the needs of Central Banks. The program director is Prof. Fabio Canova (BI Norwegian Business School).


Registration is now open for the hybrid July-August courses. The exact titles, instructors and dates for these courses are the following:


• July 24 - 28, 2023: Large Cost of Shocks and the Dynamics of Inflation. Instructor: Fernando Alvarez (University of Chicago)
Registration deadline: July 17


• July 31 - August 4, 2023: Monetary and fiscal policies in times of large debt. Instructor: Leonardo Melosi (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Registration deadline: July 24


• August 14 - 18, 2023: Heterogeneity in Business Cycle Models: Theory and Empirical tools. Instructor: Christian Bayer (University of Bonn)
Registration deadline: August 7


The courses will be organized face-to-face for a registration fee of EUR 1,500 per course. We also offer the opportunity to follow the courses online on a Cisco/Webex platform for a reduced registration fee of 1,200 EUR per course. Discounts are available for multiple applications from the same institution, for PhD students and based on financial need. All courses consist of 20 hours teaching.


The courses will take place at the premises of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB, the central bank of Hungary) in Budapest.


For more information on courses, registration or the School itself, please visit the MNB website, or contact [email protected].