Selected Records of The Council of Economic Advisors

The materials in FOIA 2011-2577-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. 2011-2577-F 2 FOIA 2011-2577-F contains materials created by staff members on the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). An agency within the Executive Office of the President, the CEA is responsible for advising the President on domestic and economic policies. The Council bases its recommendations and analysis on economic research and empirical evidence. It is comprised of a chairman and two members and is supported by a staff of professional senior economists, staff economists, research assistants, and a statistics office. The Staff and Office Files contain fax cover sheets, memos, letters, handwritten notes, papers, fact sheets, lists, charts and tables, press statements, newspaper and magazine clippings, speeches, and publications. These documents were housed in the files of David Bradford, J. French Hill, Gary Saxonhouse, Richard Schmalensee, John B. Taylor, and Paul Wonnacott. Diverse topics that are the subject of these documents include a risk assessment executive order, tax credit, the Competitiveness Policy Council, budget proposals, health insurance reform, investment tax credit, deregulation initiatives, consumer price indices, energy legislation, long range budget forecasts, economic developments and prospects, Working Group on Economic Policy meetings, money stock levels, Federal Reserve open market reports, mid-session reviews of the federal budget, budget reform, and treasury auction overhaul measures. Also addressed in this FOIA are pending legislation related to the marine industry, environmental protection, contingent valuation, market-based policy decisions, income versus consumption taxation, international trade, statements of the Bush Administration policies, industrial production, clinical lab improvements, bank lending, forest preservation, wage and employment trends, highway and mass transit programs, rural development, and development of a national energy policy. Read less