Christopher Allsopp (born 6 April 1941)[1] is a British economist.
A former director of the Bank of England (1997–2000) and Member of its Monetary Policy Committee (2000–2003), he has recently completed a Review of Statistics for Economic Policymaking (the 'Allsopp Review').
Previous activities include working at HM Treasury, the OECD and the Bank of England (where he was Adviser from 1980–83) as well as extensive involvement with domestic and international policy issues as consultant to international institutions and private sector organisations.
He has published extensively on monetary, fiscal and exchange rate issues as well as the problems of economic reform and transition.
His involvement in the economics of oil and other energy issues goes back to the shocks of the 1970s.