Angus Armstrong is the Director of Macroeconomics at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIECR) since September 2011. Previously, he was Head of Macroeconomic Analysis at Her Majesty's Treasury from mid-2004, where he was closely involved in the UK's response to the financial crisis, including representation at G20 Officials Meetings. Prior to joining the Treasury, Aramstrong was Chief Economist Asia and a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank. He is an Adjunct professor at Imperial College Business School.

Stefania Albanesi is a Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh, a fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and a Research Associate at NBER. Albanesi's research interests are in macroeconomics, public economics, and labor economics. Her current research concentrates on understanding the determinants of household borrowing and default behavior, and on quantifying the impact of changing trends in female participation on aggregate business cycles.

George Akerlof is the Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of California Berkeley. Akerlof was a 2001 recipient of the Alfred E. Nobel Prize in Economic Science, recognized for his theory of asymmetric information and its effect on economic behavior. He is also the 2006 president of the American Economic Association. He served earlier as vice president and member of the executive committee. He is also on the North American Council of the Econometric Association.