Between 2,000 and 5,000 individuals and about 3,000 firms now participate in these surveys every month. This month, the 30th wave of the households panel and the 17th wave of the firms panel will be completed.
In many other countries, it is not. At many central banks, research and current analysis are carried out in separate divisions, and interaction between the two groups of economists is limited. At the Board, the mixing of research and operational work was not quite as thorough as it is today.