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The German Council of Economic Experts or Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung is a group of economists set up in 1963 to evaluate economic policies of the German government. Every year the Council prepares an annual report which is published before or by November 15. The federal government has to publish its comments and conclusions within eight weeks of the publication of the annual report. In the media, the council is often referred to as the Five Sages of Economy ("Fünf Wirtschaftsweisen"), or the "wise men". The Council has five members which are nominated by the federal government and appointed by the president of Germany. Current members of the council are: Christoph M. Schmidt (since March 2009, and since March 2013 chairman) Peter Bofinger (since March 2004) Lars Feld (since March 2011) Isabel Schnabel (since March 2014) Volker Wieland (since March 2013)

Christopher Antoniou Pissarides, född 20 februari 1948 i Agros, Cypern, är en grekcypriotisk-brittisk nationalekonom. Pissarides är professor i nationalekonomi vid London School of Economics och forskar inom makroekonomi. Han tilldelades 2010 års Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne tillsammans med Peter A. Diamond och Dale T. Mortensen "för deras analys av marknader med sökfriktioner".