Council of Economic Advisers
Agency overview
Formed	1946
Headquarters	Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Employees	About 27
Agency executives	Alan Krueger, Chairman Jim Stock, Member
Parent Agency	Executive Office of the President of the United States
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Council of Economic Advisers

The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is an agency within the Executive Office of the President that advises the President of the United States on economic policy.[1] The CEA provides much of the objective empirical research for the White House and prepares the annual Economic Report of the President.

The current Chairman of the CEA is Alan Krueger, who was appointed by President Obama on August 29, 2011. Dr. Krueger is a former professor at Princeton University. The current Member of the CEA is Jim Stock, who was appointed in February 2013 after serving as the agency's Chief Economist. The previous two Chairs, Austan Goolsbee and Christina Romer, resigned their posts in August 2011 and September 2010, respectively to return to positions in academia.

The council's Chairman is nominated by the president and approved by the United States Senate. The Members are appointed by the president. The staff of the council consists of a Chief of Staff as well as about 20 academic economists, plus three permanent economic statisticians.