Surviving the Slowdown: Monitoring the European Central Bank 4 - Tapa blanda

Europe has a new central bank. It must develop its version of accountability and public debate over monetary policies. It is natural for CEPR, as a network of policy-oriented academic economists, to contribute to the establishment of a new tradition. Monitoring the European Central Bank (MECB) brings together a group of economists internationally known for their work on macroeconomics and monetary policy. MECB will monitor the European economy and the work of the ECB. Its analyses will be presented to the public, including the European Parliament and the media. A full MECB report is published each year, complemented by an Update that draws on recent publications of the ECB.

David Begg is Professor of Economics at Birkbeck College, London, and a Research Fellow in CEPR's International Macroeconomics and Transition Economics research programmers. Fabio Canova is Professor of Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, a Visiting Professor at London Business School, a Research Fellow in CEPR's International Macroeconomics research programme, and a consultant at the Bank of England. Paul De Grauwe is Professor of Economics at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, a Research Fellow in CEPR's International Macroeconomics research programme and a member of the Belgian parliament. Antonio Fatas is Associate Professor of Economics at INSEAD, Fontanbleau, and is a Research Fellow in CEPR's International Macroeconomics research programme. Philip R. Lane is Director of the Institute for International Integration Studies and Associate Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, and is a Research Fellow in CEPR's International Macroeconomics research programme.