The Centre for Economic Policy Research has appointed a new chair and new members to its Euro Area Business Cycle Dating Committee. The Committee's mission is to establish the chronology of recessions and expansions of the 11 original euro area member countries plus Greece for 1970-1998, and of the euro area as a whole from 1999 onwards.

The new chair is Philippe Weil, President of Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (OFCE) in Paris and a CEPR Research Fellow. The Committee now comprises:

Philippe Weil, (Chair, 2012- ), 2003- , OFCE, Sciences Po, ULB and CEPR
Domenico Giannone, 2012- , ULB and CEPR
Refet Gürkaynak, 2012- , Bilkent University and CEPR
Monika Merz, 2012- , University of Vienna and CEPR
Richard Portes, 2003- , LBS and CEPR (ex officio)
Lucrezia Reichlin (Chair, 2003-2005), 2003- , LBS and CEPR (ex officio)
Albrecht Ritschl, 2012- , LSE and CEPR
Barbara Rossi, 2012- , ICREA-UPF, BGSE, CREI and CEPR
Karl Whelan, 2012- , UCD and CEPR

Past members include Harald Uhlig, who chaired the Committee from 2005 to 2012, and:
Michael Artis, 2003-2009
Fabio Canova, 2003-2012
Jordi Gali, 2003-2012
Francesco Giavazzi, 2003-2012
Volker Wieland, 2008-2012

The Committee’s Rapporteur is Paul Hubert, who is based at the OFCE and Sciences Po in Paris.

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