The Council of Economic Advisers, an agency with the Executive Office of the President, is charged with offering the President objective economic advise on the formulation of both domestic and international economic policy. The council bases its recommendations and analysis on economic research and empirical evidence, using the best data available to support the President in settling our nation's economic policy.
Every day, the President of the United States is faced with scores of decisions, each with important consequences for America's future. To provide the President with the support that he or she needs to govern effectively, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) was created in 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The EOP has responsibility for tasks ranging from communicating the President's message to the American people to promoting our trade interests abroud. Overseen by the White House Chief of Staff, the EOP has traditionally been home to many of the President's closest advisors.