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Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers

The head of the Council of Economic Advisers, which advises the president on economic matters. The chairman is permitted to attend cabinet meetings. Among his/her duties are helping the president formulate policy, interpreting data, and generally serving as one of the White House's resident experts on the economy. The chairman is appointed by the president upon approval of the Senate.

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remains incomplete, and the president will continue to do everything he can to support the recovery, either by acting through executive action or by working with Congress on steps that would boost growth and speed job creation," said Jason Furman, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors.

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Herbert Stein, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors for both former Presidents Nixon and Ford, last week wrote that the President's economic program is "probably the most far-reaching effort ever made by a President to control the federal budget deficit.

Broad range of support growing for economic plan

Earlier this year, Michael Boskin, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, announced a plan to increase funding of several major statistical agencies by $30 million in order to improve the collection and analysis of information like inflation rates, productivity statistics, and trade between firms in various industries (a competitive statistic that the Japanese currently measure better than the Americans).

Blind data; why the life's gone out of the government's vital statistics

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Government policies keeping a lid on pension savings

Jason Furman, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, said, "Economic growth was solid in the fourth quarter, a testament to the resilience of American businesses and families.

Spending spurs state GDP past nation's

But Furman, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, warned that the government shutdown that saw hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed last month would hurt future growth.