當代經濟政策出版學術經濟研究和分析的問題，至關重要的關注企業，政府，和其他決策者。包括三位諾貝爾獎得主在內的西方著名學者都是CEP的作者。其目標是將高質量的經濟分析結果傳達給決策者，將高質量的研究和分析重點放在當前廣泛關注的政策問題上，增加經濟學家對經濟特征的知識，這是理解政策影響的關鍵，并促進政策分析方法的發展。

Contemporary Economic Policy publishes scholarly economic research and analysis on issues of vital concern to business, government, and other decision makers. Leading western scholars, including three Nobel laureates, are among CEP's authors. The objectives are to communicate results of high quality economic analysis to policymakers, focus high quality research and analysis on current policy issues of widespread concern, increase knowledge among economists of features of the economy key to understanding the impact of policy, and to advance methods of policy analysis.