Infláció és percepció: A magyar lakosság várakozásainak mozgatórugói

Szerzői információk:

Várnai Tímea https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8088-1443: Magyar Nemzeti Bank, közgazdasági tanácsadó. E-mail: varnait@mnb.hu

Szakály Áron https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3903-0583: Magyar Nemzeti Bank, elemző. E-mail: szakalya@mnb.hu

Hivatkozás (APA):

Várnai, T., & Szakály, Á. (2025). Infláció és percepció: A magyar lakosság várakozásainak mozgatórugói. Hitelintézeti Szemle, 24(4), 65–95. https://doi.org/10.25201/HSZ.24.4.65

Rovat:

Tanulmány

Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) kódok:

D12, D84, E1, E31, E71, C83, C32

Kulcsszavak:

háztartások viselkedése, inflációs várakozások, érzékelt infláció, kérdőíves felmérés

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