Council of Economic Advisers

noun

, U.S. Government.

1. a board, consisting of three members, established in 1946 to advise the president on economic matters. : CEA

Example Sentences

When Trump slashed the corporate tax rate, his Council of Economic Advisers promised American workers would see at least $4,000 added to their bottom line — the old “trickle-down economics” sales pitch again.

From Los Angeles Times

"That's because tipped occupations are not a big share of the U.S. labor force," Tedeschi, who's also the former chief economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told Salon, emphasizing that raising the minimum wage would be a more effective way to help low-income workers.

From Salon

Jason Furman, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, wrote a paper before joining the administration titled “Wal-Mart: A Progressive Success Story” that called for even more of these subsidies to Walmart’s bottom line.

From Salon

“It’s really hard to make a difference in this space, in this affordable housing space, without tackling land use regulations,” Jared Bernstein, the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said in an interview.

From New York Times

Ms. Young and Jared Bernstein, who leads the White House Council of Economic Advisers, repeated that position on Monday, even after acknowledging that the budget now forecasts higher government borrowing costs over the next decade than previous budgets have.

From New York Times