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 Committee issued its first Findings on 22 September 2003, its second Findings on 31 March 2009, its third Findings on 4 October 2010 and its fourth Findings on 15 November 2012.

The Committee 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- , CEPR and LBS (ex officio)
• Lucrezia Reichlin (Chair, 2003-5), 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

• Michael Artis, 2003-9
• Fabio Canova, 2003-12
• Jordi Gali, 2003-12
• Francesco Giavazzi, 2003-12
• Harald Uhlig (Chair, 2005-12), 2003-12
• Volker Wieland, 2008-12

• Paul Hubert, (Rapporteur 2012- ), OFCE, Sciences Po