Council of Economic Advisers
The Council of Economic Advisers is a small group of economists inside the White House who advise the president on the economy. It studies trends such as jobs, growth, and prices, and it evaluates the likely effects of policy proposals. Congress created it so that presidents would have expert economic analysis close at hand.
People usually bring questions about what its economists do, how it differs from the National Economic Council, and how its advice reaches the president. Others ask how its reports are used, how its members are chosen, and how it relates to the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve.
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