Economic Report of the President

The Staff of the Council of Economic AdvisersThe professional staff of the Council consists of the Chief of Staff, the SeniorStatistician, the Chief Economist, the Director of Macroeconomic Forecasting,eight senior economists, one economist, four staff economists, and five researchassistants. The professional staff and their areas of concentration at the end of2004 were:Chief of StaffPhillip L. SwagelChief EconomistDonald B. MarronSenior StatisticianCatherine H. FurlongDirectorofMacroeconomic ForecastingSteven N. BraunSenior EconomistsGerald E. Auten .............................. Public FinanceWilliam D. Block............................ International Finance and DevelopmentJohn C. Driscoll.............................. Macroeconomics and Public FinanceR. Richard Geddes .......................... Regulation and FinanceJoshua Graff Zivin........................... Environment, Health Care, andRegulationPhilip I. Levy .................................. International TradePia M. Orrenius .............................. Labor, Health Care, and EducationAlexander Raskovich ....................... Regulation, Energy, and TechnologyEconomistAnne L. Berry ............................... Finance, Regulation, and TechnologyStaff EconomistsCarol L. Cohen............................. International Trade and FinanceMaria Damon............................... Environment and RegulationRebecca J. Kalmus ........................ Health Care and LaborPeter R. Kingston.......................... Macroeconomics and FinanceAppendix A | 197