The Barcelona CREI Macroeconomics Summer School offers an overview of the current state of research in key areas of macroeconomics. Courses are taught by leading experts in their fields and cover recent developments in different areas of macroeconomics, including: growth, international finance, sovereign risk, asset bubbles, monetary policy and forecasting. The courses are aimed at graduate students as well as more senior researchers and practitioners who want to brush up their knowledge and get exposure to the latest advances in academic research. During the summer school, faculty are available for discussion of participants' research ideas, as well as lecture content. This Summer School program is jointly organized by the Barcelona GSE and the Center for Research in International Economics (CREI), a research institute sponsored by the Generalitat de Catalunya and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in fulfilment of its aim to promote the dissemination of research in macroeconomics and related areas.