The CFM surveys informs the public about the views held by prominent economists based in Europe on important macroeconomic and public policy questions. Some surveys focus specifically on the UK economy (as the CFM is a UK research centre), but surveys can in principle focus on any macroeconomic question for any region. The surveys shed light on the extent to which there is agreement or disagreement among these experts. An important motivation for the survey is to give a more comprehensive overview of the beliefs held by economists and in particular to include the views of those economists whose opinions are not frequently heard in public debates... The Centre for Macroeconomics (CFM) is a research centre funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The centre brings together a group of experts to carry out pioneering research on the global economic crisis and help design policies to alleviate it. Chaired by LSE's Nobel Prize-winning economics professor, Christopher..
Also known as: CFM Survey