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The original documents are located in Box 33, folder "Transition Reports (1977) -
Commerce Department: Chief Economist (2)" of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BRIEFING HANDBOOK
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
*
*
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CHIEF ECONOMIST
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Mission
The mission of the Office of the Chief Economist for the
Department of Commerce is to provide an internal resource
center to aid the Secretary of Commerce in the formation
of economic policy. The Chief Economist serves as the
principal adviser on economic matters to the Secretary
and to other *officials within the Department, and is the
Department's liaison with the Council of Economic Advisers
and with other high-level economic officials of the
Government. As the Department's focal point for the
issuance and interpretative analysis of Federal economic
indicators, the Chief Economist exercises policy direction
and general supervision over the two statistics gathering
agencies of the Department, the Bureau of the Census and
the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Mission
a. As the "Fact Finder for the Nation" conducts censuses and surveys and otherwise
collects, processes and analyzes statistical data relating to the social and economic activi-
ties and characteristics of the population and enterprises of the United States or other
areas prescribed by law, and publishes and disseminates the resulting statistics for use by
the Congress, the Executive Branch, business, State and local governments and the public;
b. Conducts special statistical studies on domestic and foreign trade, business services,
industry, transportation, construction, agriculture, population and housing, and on
Federal, State and local governments; and, based thereon, issues reports, special tabu-
lations and monographs;
C. Conducts statistical and other research and development activities directed toward
improving quality and lowering costs of censuses and surveys; and achieving more
effective censuses and surveys; and
d. Develops and maintains a statistical directory of establishments engaged in eco-
nomic activity in the United States for use by and for Federal agencies for statistical
purposes, taking care to preserve the confidentiality of information obtained for the
Bureau from other Federal agencies, as may be deemed appropriate or as may be
required by law.
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
MISSION
The goal of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is to provide a clear pic-
ture of the state of the economy through the preparation, development,
and interpretation of the economic accounts of the United States. These
accounts provide a realistic quantitative view of the economic process in
terms of the production, distribution, and use of the Nation's output.
The accounts consist of the national income and product accounts,
summarized by the gross national product (GNP); wealth accounts, which
show the business and other components of tangible national wealth; inter-
industry accounts, which trace the interrelationships among industrial
markets; regional accounts, which provide detail on economic activity by
region, State, metropolitan area, and county; and balance of payments
accounts, which give detail on U.S. transactions with foreign countries.
The work on the economic accounts is supplemented by the preparation
and analysis of other measures of economic activity, including various
tools for forecasting economic developments, such as surveys of the in-
vestment outlays and plans of U.S. business, econometric models of the
U.S. economy, and a system of economic indicators. The measures and
analyses prepared by BEA are disseminated mainly through its monthly
publications, the Survey of Current Business (including periodic supplements
to the Survey), Business Conditions Digest, and Defense Indicators.
The measures and analyses produced by BEA are used in the formulation
and execution of fiscal, financial, international, wage-price, and other
policies related to the major economic goals of the Nation -- stability,
growth, and an equitable distribution of income. Business plans its
production, price, and investment programs with the aid of the information
provided by BEA. This information is essential also for economic
decisionmaking by State and local governments, labor, and other
economic groups, and by the growing number of individuals who feel a
need for a better orientation in an economic world that is becoming in-
creasingly complex. Universities and research organizations rely in
their teaching and research programs on the information provided by
BEA.
Major Statutory Authorities
Major Statutory Authority
The authority for the Office of the Chief Economist for
the Department of Commerce is contained in Departmental
Organization Order 10-9, effective February 2, 1976.
The Chief Economist reports to the Secretary of Commerce.
Major Statutory
Authorities
Title 13, United States Code, establishes a Census Bureau, which provides for various
surveys and censuses and the confidentiality thereof;
Section 1516 of Title 15, United States Code, which relates to gathering and distributing
statistical information, as applicable to the functions assigned therein;
Section 8 of Executive Order 10999, which directs the Secretary to provide, as required
for emergency planning purpose, for the collection and reporting of census information
on the status of human and economic resources, including population, housing, agri-
culture, manufacture, mineral industries, business, transportation, foreign trade, con-
struction and government
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
MAJOR STATUTORY AUTHORITIES
The Bureau of Economic Analysis functions under the following authorities:
15 U.S.C. sections 171, 175, and 1516;
Executive Order No. 10033, February 8, 1949, which relates to
Section 8 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286f);
Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950, sect. 4, 64 Stat. 1263; and
Foreign Investment Study Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-479).
Authority for mandatory balance of payments surveys stems from the
Bretton Woods Agreements Act. The National Advisory Council on Inter-
national Monetary and Financial Policies in consultation with the Office
of Management and Budget determines that the surveys are required for
U.S. compliance with this Act. Authority for voluntary surveys stems
from 15 U.S.C. 175.
Authority for services performed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis for
other Federal agencies is 31 U.S.C. 686. Authorities for services per-
formed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis for non-Federal agencies are
15 U.S. C. 1525 and 1526.
Basic Regulations
15 C.F.R. 397-403.
Historical Background
Brief Historical Background
The position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce, established
by the Act of February 14, 1903 (15 U.S.C. 1504), was
designated as the Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs
in 1961. The incumbent was to be appointed by the President
with the advice and consent of the Senate. On February 2,
1976, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Economic Affairs was designated as the Office of the Chief
Economist for the Department, with the incumbent appointed
by and reporting to the Secretary of Commerce. Draft
legislation was submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget on September 16, 1976, to authorize an additional
Assistant Secretary of Commerce in order to reestablish
the position of Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs.
Bureau of the Census
The Bureau of the Census was established as a permanent Bureau by the Act of
March 6, 1902 (32 Stat. 51). Laws pertaining to the Bureau's statistical program are
encompassed in Title 13 of the United States Code. The Director of the Bureau of the
Census is a statutory position subject to appointment by the President, and confirmation
by the United States Senate. The Director reports to the Chief Economist of the Depart-
ment of Commerce.
The Census Bureau collects and publishes basic statistics concerning the population
and the economy of the Nation in order to assist the Congress, the Executive Branch,
and the general public in the development and evaluation of economic and social
programs. The Bureau publishes a wide variety of statistical data and provides special
tabulations of statistical information for government and private users. Major Census
Bureau program areas include periodic censuses, current surveys and programs, and
reimbursable work.
Periodic censuses include the Decennial Census of Population and Housing due in
1980; the mid decade census in 1985 and the Census of Agriculture, the Census of
Governments and the Economic Censuses which are taken at five-year intervals. Each of
these periodic censuses requires considerable coordination and substantial efforts by all
divisions of the Bureau.
Current surveys and programs are conducted by individual divisions to collect current
data on various economic activities and demographic changes. Data is collected and
published on foreign trade, housing, construction, certain agricultural commodities,
industrial output, retail and wholesale trade, and transportation. The Current Population
Survey enables the Bureau to collect data and report on a variety of demographic changes
as well as providing employment and unemployment data to the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics of the Department of Labor.
Much of the Census Bureau's work is done on a reimbursable basis for other govern-
ment agencies. Some work requires developing and conducting an individual survey.
In other reimbursable work projects regular current surveys are used as a vehicle to
gather data.
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) (formerly the Office of Business
Economics) was one of four offices originally established within the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce under Department Order
No. 10, effective December 18, 1945. Department Order No. 15,
effective December 1, 1953, pursuant to authority contained in
Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950, further designated BEA as a primary
operating unit of the Department. Department Order 35-4A, effective
January 1, 1972, established the Social and Economic Statistics
Administration, and designated BEA as a main line component. (The
present bureau title stems from that reorganization.) Department Order
35-1A, effective August 4, 1975, as amended, reestablished BEA as a
primary operating unit of the Department responsible to the Chief
Economist of the Department.
Organization
Organization
The Office of the Chief Economist consists of 22 positions.
By grade classification they are:
Executive IV
1
GS - 16
1
GS - 15
6 (one vacancy)
GS - 14
2
GS - 13
1
GS - 11
1 (Vacant)
GS - 10
1
GS-9
1 (Vacant)
GS-8
1
GS-7
4
GS-5
2 (one vacancy)
Schedule C
Special Assistant (Vacant)
The organizational chart of the Office of the Chief Economist
is attached, together with a chart showing the relationship
between the Office of the Chief Economist, the Bureau of the
Census, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
CHIEF ECONOMIST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
John W. Kendrick
SPECIAL ASSISTANT - Adren Cooper
CONFIDENTIAL. ASSISTANT - Vacant
SECRETARY - Margaret Sexton
SECRETARY - Doris Trunfio
DEPUTY CHIEF ECONOMIST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Maynard S. Comiez
SECRETARY - Shirley Long
ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMICS
SPECIAL ASSISTANT - Dominic R. Quinn
ECONOMIST - Theodore Torda
SECRETARY - Vacant
ECONOMIST - Leslie Small
LEGAL ADVISER - Philip C. Freije
SECRETARY - Florence Patterson
SECRETARY - Kathy Welliver
ECONOMIST - George D. Hanrahan
SECRETARY - Phyllis Jackson
ECONOMIST - Thomas Kraseman
NOTE: One Special Assistant position
ECONOMIST - David Lund
is vacant (not shown).
SECRETARY - Clara Farmer
ECONOMIST - H. Kemble Stokes
ECONOMIST - George McKittrick
ECONOMIST - Vacant
ECONOMIST - Vacant
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The Chief Economist of the Depa
ent of Commerce
CHIEF ECONOMIST
DEPUTY
CHIEF ECONOMIST
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
Deputy Director
Deputy Director
Program and P.
Public information
Equal Employment
Development Office
Office
Opportunity Officer
Chief Statistician
Chief Economist
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR
DEMOGRAPHIC FIELDS
ECONOMIC FIELDS
Office of Demographic Analysis
Construction Statistics Division
Demagraphic Surveys Division
Disciness Division
Housing Division
Foreign Trade Division
Management
Computer Systems
International Statement Programs Center
Government Division
Services Division
and Services Division
Population Divorce
Industry Division
Statistical Method Division
Assistant Director for
Assistant Director for
Economic and Agriculture Censuses
Demographic Centuses
Agriculture Division
Demographic Carlos Stati
Economic Census Staff
Economic Surveys Division
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR
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MI THODOLOGY
FIELD OPERATIONS
PROCESSING
NATIONAL ECONOMIC ACCOUNTS
NATIONAL ANALYSIS & PROJECTIONS
REGIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Centur for Census Use Studies
Geography Division
Computer Services Division
Government Division
Flaveirch Center for Mass Humans Methods
Date User Services Division
Systems Soltware Division
Business Outbook Division
Regional Economic Analysis Division
Balance of Payments Division
Assistant Director for
Engineering Division
Interindustry Economics Division
Current Business Analysis Division
Regional Economic Massurement Division
Foreign Demographic Analysis Division
Assistant Director for
Statistic Standards and
Administration
EUP Planning and Management Division
National Income and Wealth Division
Statistical Indicators Division
International Investment Division
Mashedology
Administrative Services Division
Statistical Research Division
Budget Division
Finance Division
Organization and Management Systems
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Poblications Services Division
Assistant Director for
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U.S. Department of Commerce
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 1976
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
DIRECTOR
George Jaszi
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Allan H. Young
Chief Economist
Chief Statistician
Charles A. Waite
John E. Cremeans
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
FOR REGIONAL ECONOMICS
Jack J. Bame
Daniel H. Garnick
Balance of Payments Division
Regional Economic Measurement Division
Louis J. Moczar
Edwin J. Coleman
International Investment Division
George R. Kruer
Regional Economic Analysis Division
Foreign Demographic Analysis Division
John S. Aird
Daniel H. Garnick (Act.)
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR NATIONAL
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR NATIONAL
ANALYSIS AND PROJECTIONS
ECONOMIC ACCOUNTS
Beatrice N. Vaccara
Martin L. Marimont
Current Business Analysis Division
National Income and Wealth Division
Carol S. Carson
Allan H. Young (Act.)
Business Outlook Division
Government Division
John E. Cremeans (Act.)
Charles A. Waite (Act.)
Statistical Indicators Division
Interindustry Economics Division
Feliks Tamm
Philip M. Ritz
Computer Systems
Management Services Division
and Services Division
Vacant
Vincent C. Finelli
TRANSMITTAL 254
United States of America
DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ORGANIZATION ORDER
35-1A
DEPARTMENT
DATE OF ISSUANCE
EFFECTIVE DATE
ORGANIZATION
ORDER SERIES
August 4, 1975
August 4, 1975
SUBJECT
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
This order delegates authority to the Director of the Bureau of Economic
Analysis and prescribes the functions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
SECTION 2. STATUS AND LINE OF AUTHORITY.
01 The Bureau of Economic Analysis is hereby established as a primary
operating unit of the Department of Commerce.
.02 The Bureau of Economic Analysis shall be headed by a Director who
shall report and be responsible to the Assistant Secretary for Economic
Affairs. The Director shall be assisted by a Deputy Director who shall
perform the functions of the Director during the former's absence.
SECTION 3. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.
01 Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of Commerce by
law, including Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950 and 15 U.S.C. 1516,
the Director is hereby delegated authority to perform the following
functions vested in the Secretary of Commerce under:
a. Section 1516 of Title 15, United States Code, which relates to
gathering and distributing statistical information, as applicable to
the functions assigned herein;
b. Chapter 5 of Title 15, United States Code, which relates to the
authorities and functions of the former Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, as applicable to the functions assigned herein;
C. Executive Order 10033 of February 8, 1949, which relates to the
provision of statistical information to inter-govermmental organiza-
tions, as applicable to the functions assigned herein; and
d. The Foreign Investment Study Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-479, 88
Stat. 1450), which provides for a comprehensive, overall study of
foreign direct investments in the United States. The functions there-
under shall be carried out in close coordination with the Assistant
Secretary for Domestic and International Business (Department Organi-
zation Order 10-3, paragraph 4.0lw.), including thereunder to the
extent feasible the division or assignment of responsibilities. Any
regulations established to carry out functions under the Act and
reports to be submitted to the Congress are to be issued by the
DOO 35-1A
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Secretary.
.02 The Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis, may exercise other
authorities of the Secretary as applicable to performing the functions
assigned in this order.
.03 The Director may delegate his authority to any employee of the
Bureau subject to the conditions in the exercise of such authority
that he may prescribe.
SECTION 4. FUNCTIONS.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis shall perform the following functions:
a. Maintain and improve the economic accounts of the United States
including the national income and product, wealth, input-output,
balance of payments, and regional accounts;
b. Maintain and improve econometric and other research techniques
for analyzing the economic situation and short- and long-term outlook;
C. Conduct selected surveys to obtain information necessary to main-
tain and improve the accounts and to analyze the economic situation and
outlook;
1.
Develop and maintain a system of leading, lagging, and coincident
business cycle indicators;
e. Analyze the economic situation and outlook, publish reports there-
on, and brief Federal officials and public and private groups on the
present and projected state of the economy;
f. Provide special analyses to officials of the Government, as may
be requested, on the economic impact of alternative economic policies;
g. Conduct demographic and economic studies of foreign countries;
and
h. Serve as the central economic research organization of the Depart-
ment on the functioning of the economy, and collaborate with other
primary operating units and private and public research organizations
which require or can contribute to its research.
SECTION 5. EFFECT ON OTHER ORDERS.
.01 This order, along with Department Organization Order 35-2A, super-
sedes Department Organization Order 35-4A dated January 1, 1972, as
amended, and 35-4B dated July 1, 1974, as amended.
02 All rules, regulations, orders, determinations, authorizations,
contracts, grants, agreements, and other action issued, undertaken
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DOO 35-1A
or entered into by or for the Social and Economic Statistics Adminis-
tration shall remain in full force and effect until they expire in
due course or are revoked or amended by appropriate authority.
SECTION 6. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.
The Assistant Secretary for Administration shall establish the effec-
tive date of the necessary transfers of funds and positions and/or
personnel from the Social and Economic Statistics Administration and,
in cooperation with the Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs,
determine the amount of funds, positions, and personnel to be trans-
ferred.
Rogus Wortow
Secretary of Commerce
USCOMM-DC - 4918
TRANSMITTAL 265
DEPARTMENT
United States of America
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ORGANIZATION ORDER 35-1B
DATE OF ISSUANCE
EFFECTIVE DATE
DEPARTMENT
ORGANIZATION
October 28, 1975
October 24, 1975
ORDER SERIES
SUBJECT
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
.01 This order prescribes the organization and assignment of functions
within the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
.02 The only significant change made in BEA's organization and assign-
ment of functions is the creation of the Management Services Division
to provide administrative support services to BEA (paragraph 8.01).
SECTION 2. ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE.
The organization structure and line of authority of BEA shall be as
depicted in the attached organization chart.
SECTION 3. OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR.
.01 The Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis shall develop
policies and plans for and direct and manage the operations of BEA.
.02 The Deputy Director shall assist the Director in all aspects of
the management of BEA, and perform the duties of the Director during
the latter's absence.
.03 Staff Elements.
a. The Chief Statistician shall monitor and improve the data
sources and statistical estimating techniques used in the work of
BEA, and advise the Director in these fields.
b. The Chief Economist shall analyze economic developments and
problems, advise the Director with regard to them, and with regard
to the economic research program of BEA.
SECTION 4. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR NATIONAL ECONOMIC ACCOUNTS.
The Associate Director for National Economic Accounts shall plan
and coordinate the systems of national economic accounts maintained by
BEA, including the national income and product, wealth, government, and
input-output accounts, and advise the Director in this field. The Asso-
ciate Director shall have and coordinate the following units:
.01 The Government Division shall maintain, improve, and interpret
the Federal, State, and local government accounts of the United States
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within the economic accounting framework; cooperate in the translation
of the unified budget into economic accounting terms for publication
in the Budget of the United States and the Economic Report of the
President; prepare forecasts of Government receipts and expenditures
for use in BEA's analyses of the economic outlook; and conduct
research in the quantitative study of public finance.
.02 The Interindustry Economics Division shall maintain, improve, and
interpret (1) the input-output accounts of the United States which show
the flows of goods and services from each industry to other industries
and to final markets in the economy, and the gross national product
originating in each industry for given years, and (2) the time series
of the gross national product originating in each of the industries of
the Nation; conduct research in input-output techniques, including
regional input-output techniques; and prepare special studies of the
economic reperçussions of changes in consumer, investment, foreign,
and Government markets on the output of the Nation's industries and
the incomes originating in them.
.03 The National Income and Wealth Division shall maintain, improve,
and interpret the national income and product and wealth accounts of
the United States, including national income, by type of income, in-
dustrial source and legal form; gross national product and its compo-
nts; personal income and its components, disposition, and size distri-
aution; the sources and uses of savings; national wealth by type of
asset and ownership; and do research in the techniques required to
interpret the national income and product and wealth accounts.
SECTION 5. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR NATIONAL ANALYSIS AND PROJECTIONS.
The Associate Director for National Analysis and Projections shall plan
and coordinate the national economic analysis and projection programs
of BEA, including the development of econometric models of the United
States economy and the preparation of econometric forecasts; monitor
econometric techniques used in BEA; coordinate BEA activities which
relate to the overall effort of the Government to study the problems of
economic growth; and advise the Director in these fields. The Associate
Director shall have and coordinate the following units:
.01 The Business Outlook Division shall maintain, improve, and inter-
pret data on past, current, and prospective domestic business invest-
ments in new plant and equipment; conduct designated surveys required
to collect this information; maintain and improve econometric models of
the U. S. economy designed to forecast short- and long-term changes in
economic activity, and to assess the likely impact on economic activity
of alternative fiscal, monetary, and other Government economic policies;
and study problems relating to the Nation's economic growth.
02 The Current Business Analysis Division shall conduct a continuing
cudy of current business activity; prepare and publish in the Survey
of Current Business regular interpretations of the business situation;
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DOO 35-1B
conduct research required for assembling (for publication in the Survey
and its Business Statistics Supplement) a detailed and comprehensive
set of data produced by BEA and other agencies for use in evaluating the
business situation; and be responsible for coordinating the press releases
of BEA.
.03 The Statistical Indicators Division shall develop and publish reports
such as Business Conditions Digest, Defense Indicators, and Long-Term
Economic Growth; conduct research relating to the system of economic indi-
cators (leading, coincident, and lagging) and to the methods and applica-
tions of seasonal and other time series adjustments; conduct analysis
relating to the behavior of economic indicators; and provide services
relating to the seasonal adjustment of time series.
SECTION 6. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL ECONOMICS.
The Associate Director for Regional Economics shall plan and coordinate
the regional economic measurement and analysis program of BEA and advise
the Director in this field. The Associate Director shall have and coordi-
nate the following units:
.01 The Regional Economic Analysis Division shall maintain and improve
regional economic projections; conduct research in regional economics,
with special attention to the factors determining the levels and rates
of growth of regional economic activity; develop analytical techniques
for regional economic impact studies; and conduct special analyses of
regional economics in cooperation with Government agencies and private
groups.
.02 The Regional Economic Measurement Division shall maintain and im-
prove the regional economic accounts of the United States including
personal income by type of income and industrial source for each of the
States, metropolitan areas, and counties of the Nation; conduct research
in regional economic measurement techniques; and maintain a regional
economic information system.
SECTION 7. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS.
The Associate Director for International Economics shall plan and coordi-
nate the internation] economic program of BEA and advise the Director in
this field. The Associate Director shall have and coordinate the follow-
ing units:
.01 The Balance of Payments Division shall maintain, improve, and inter-
pret the balance of payments accounts of the United States and their
current and capital components, including detail by foreign geographic
area, to aid in understanding the effects of the balance of payments on
the U. S. economy, and the role of the United States in the world economy;
conduct designated surveys to obtain basic data necessary to construct the
balance of payments accounts, including surveys of the foreign transac-
tions of Government agencies; conduct research in the techniques required
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to interpret the balance of payments accounts; and prepare forecasts of
the balance of payments of the United States.
.02 The Foreign Demographic Analysis Division shall conduct specialized
studies of the population, manpower, economics, and social systems of
foreign countries, involving the compilation and evaluation of relevant
data; prepare estimates and projections; and prepare special analytical
and interpretive reports and monographs.
.03 The International Investment Division shall maintain, improve, and
interpret data on United States direct investments ahroad, foreign
direct investments in the United States, and income flows asso-
ciated with such investments, including the transactions of foreign
affiliates; conduct designated surveys required to obtain this infor-
mation; conduct research in the techniques required to interpret
international investment; and maintain and develop a data system
on U.S. direct investments.
SECTION 8. SUPPORT DIVISIONS.
.01 The Management Services Division shall provide budget, management
analysis, and local administrative services; and shall arrange for and
facilitate the provision of other administrative management services
by the Office of the Secretary, including financial accounting and
personnel services.
.02 The Computer Systems and Services Division shall maintain, coor-
dinate, and improve the use of automatic data processing equipment
by EEA, including the conduct of feasibility studies; prepare auto-
matic data processing systems and programs; and provide data process-
ing services for BEA.
Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Approved:
Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration
USCOMM-DC - 57427
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Attachment to
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
DIRECTOR
Chief Statistician
Chief Economist
Deputy Director
Management
Computer Systems
Services Division
and Services Division
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR
NATIONAL ECONOMIC ACCOUNTS
NATIONAL ANALYSIS & PROJECTIONS
REGIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Government Division
Business Outlook Division
Regional Economic Analysis Division
Balance of Payments Division
Interindustry Economics Division
Current Business Analysis Division
Regional Economic Measurement Division
Foreign Demographic Analysis Division
National Income and Wealth Division
Statistical Indicators Division
International Investment Division
October 24, 1975
Principal Officials
JOHN W. KENDRICK
Date & Place of Birth
Local Residence
July 27, 1917
6363 Waterway Drive
New York, New York
Falls Church, Virginia 22044
Education
1937 - University of North Carolina, A.B.
1939 - University of North Carolina, M.A.
1955 - The George Washington University, Ph.D.
Military Service
1943-1946 U.S. Army Air Force Statistical Control Officer
Present Position
Chief Economist for the Department of Commerce, Executive Level IV
Experience Prior to Present Position
1956 - 1976 Professor of Economics, The George Washington University,
Washington, D.C.
1972 - 1973 Vice President for Economic Research, The Conference Board, N.Y.C.
1953 - 1956 Staff, National Bureau of Economic Research
1950
1
1953 Chief, National Economics Division, Office of Business Economics,
U.S. Department of Commerce
1946 - 1953 Business Economist, U.S. Department of Commerce
1943 - 1946 Statistical Control Officer, U.S. Army Air Force
1941 - 1943 Economist, National Resources Planning Board
Honors and Professional Affiliations
Fellow of the American Statistical Association
The American Economic Association
The Southern Economic Association (Vice President 1969-1970)
The Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (Chairman 1963-64)
The National Association of Business Economists
The National Economists Club (Chairman)
Phi Beta Kappa
Books and Other Publications
Productivity Trends in the United States (1961)
Measuring Company Productivity: Handbook with Case Studies, with
Daniel Creamer (1961; revised edition 1965)
Measuring the Nation's Wealth (1964)
Economic Accounts and Their Uses (1972)
Postwar Productivity Trends in the U.S., 1948-1959 (1973)
The Formation and Stocks of Total Capital (1976)
Approximately 100 articles in various professional journals and magazines.
Robert L. Hagan
Date & Place of Birth
Local Residence
September 15, 1923
3703 Riverwood Court
Kansas City, Kansas
Alexandria, Virginia 22309
Education
State Teachers College, Superior, Wisconsin, 1942
Oklahoma University - 1943-1944
Rockhurst College, Kansas City, BS, 1947
Military Service
1943-1946, U.S. Army
Present Position
Deputy Director, Bureau of the Census, June 1972
Experience Prior to
Present Position
1971-1972 Chief, Data Preparation Division, Bureau of the Census
1969-1971 Population and Housing Census Operations Manager,
Jeffersonville Census Operations Division
1963-1969 Assistant Chief, Geography Division
1958-1963 Assistant Chief, Geography Division, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Census Operations Office
1956-1958 Regional Supervisor, Field Division, Bureau of the Census,
St. Louis, Missouri
1955-1956 Assistant Regional Supervisor, Field Division, Bureau of the
Census, Kansas City, Missouri
1955-1955 Supervisory Administrative Officer, Field Division
1952-1955 Assistant Regional Supervisor, Field Division, Bureau of the
Census, Kansas City, Missouri
1946-1952 Enumerator and District Supervisor, Field Division,
Bureau of the Census
Honors and
Professional Affiliations
Outstanding Rating, 1974
Department of Commerce Gold Medal, 1974
Special Decennial Census Award, 1971
Department of Commerce Silver Medal, 1968
Outstanding Rating, 1959
Member, American Statistical Association
James W. Turbitt
Date & Place of Birth
Local Residence
June 4, 1919
4108 Suitland Road
Providence, Rhode Island
Suitland, Maryland 20023
Education
Rhode Island State College, BS, 1940
Military Service
1943-1946 U.S. Army
Present Position
Associate Director for Administration and Field Operations
Bureau of the Census, July 1974
Experience Prior
to Present Position
1974-1975 Associate Director for Field Operations & User Services
1972-1974 Associate Director for Economic Fields, Bureau of the Census
1957-1972 Regional Director, Bureau of the Census, Boston, Massachusetts
1946-1957 Economist and Supervisory Statistician, Business Division, Bureau of
the Census
Honors and
Professional Affiliations
Outstanding Performance Rating * 1950, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1976
Department's Meritorious Service Award - 1955
Special Decennial Census Award, 1971
American Statistical Association
Dr. Alva L. Finkner
Date & Place of Birth
Local Residence
May 8, 1917
208 Kerby Hill Road
Akron, Colorado
Oxon Hill, Maryland 20022
Education
Colorado State University, BS, 1938
Kansas State University, MS, 1940
North Carolina State University, Ph.D, 1950
Military Service
1942-1946 U.S. Army
Present Position
Associate Director for Statistical Standards and Methodology,
Bureau of the Census, July 1974.
Experience Prior
to Present Position
1971-1974 Vice-President, Research Triangle Institute
1964-1971 Director, Statistics Research Division, Research Triangle Institute
1962-1964 Associate Director, Statistics Research Division, Research Triangle Institute
1960-1962 Senior Statistician and Group Leader of Sampling Group, Statistics
Research Division, Research Triangle Institute, Triangle Research Park,
North Carolina
1955-1960 Professor of Experimental Statistics, North Carolina State University and
Head, Raleigh Research Office, Statistical Reporting Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture
Honors and
Professional Affiliations
American Men of Science
Fellow, American Statistical Association
Member, International Statistical Institute
Member, Biometrics Society
Member, International Association of Survey Statisticians
Associate, Inter-American Statistical Instituté
Member, Joint American Statistical Association-American Agriculture and Economic
Association Committee on Agriculture Statistics, 1956 to 1974.
Chairman, Committee on Professional Standards and Activities, Committee of
Presidents of Statistical Societies
Member, Consortium for the Study of Nigerian Rural Development
Member, Sigma Xi
Member, Phi Kappa Phi
Member, Gamma Sigma Delta
Member, Alpha Zeta
Walter E. Simonson
Date & Place of Birth
Local Residence
January 1, 1936
919 North Kemper Street
Kharkor, U.S.S.R.
Alexandria, Virginia 22304
Education
University of Minnesota, BS, 1952-1954
.
University of Minnesota, MA, 1954-1956
University of Minnesota, PHD, 1956-1958
Military Service
1953-1961 USMCR
Present Position
Associate Director for Electronic Data Processing,
Bureau of the Census, May 1972
Experience Prior
to Present Position
1972
Special Assistant to Deputy Administrator (Electronic Data
Processing), Social and Economic Statistics Administration
1971-1972 President, Walter Simonson & Associates, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia
1968-1971 President, Leasco Response, Inc., Washington, D.C.
1965-1968 Vice President, C-E-I-R, Inc., Washington, D.C.
1963-1965 Assistant Manger, Sales Technical Services, Burroughs Corporation,
Detroit, Michigan
1962-1963 Vice President, Gruneau Research Ltd., Toronto, Canada
1958-1962 Associate Professor, University of Southern Mississippi
Honors and
Professional Affiliations
1
Association for Computer Machinery
The Institute for Management Sciences
American Statistical Association
Speech Association of America
National Society for Study of Communications
American Forensic Association
American Economic Association
American Association for Public Opinion Research
American Association of Icthyologists and Herpotologists
Shirley Kallek
Date & Place of Birth
Local Residence
November 23, 1926
700 7th Street, S.W.
Roselle, New Jersey
Washington, D.C. 20024
Education
Hunter College, New York, New York, BA, 1947
New York University, New York, New York, MA, 1949
Present Position
Associate Director for Economic Fields, Bureau of the Census, June 1974
Experience Prior
to Present Position
1970-1974 Chief, Economic Statistics and Surveys Division, Bureau
of the Census and Chief Economic Users Staff (1972-1974)
1955-1970 Special Assistant to Associate Director for Economic Fields;
Program Planning Officer for Economic Fields; and Chief,
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders Branch
of Industry Division, Bureau of the Census.
1950-1955 Self-employed as Statistical Consultant, transportation area.
1949-1950 Economic Analyst, Air Transportation Association, Washington, D.C.
Honors and
Professional Affiliations
Department of Commerce, Silver Medal Award, 1966
Department of Commerce, Gold Medal Award, 1975
Fellow, American Statistical Association
Member, American Economic Association
Member, National Economists Club
Member, National Association of Business Economists
Daniel B. Levine
Date & Place of Birth
Local Residence
August 30, 1925
9814 Arbor Hill Drive
Los Angeles, California
Silver Spring, Maryland 20903
Education
Hampden-Sydney College, 1943-1944
George Washington University, AA, BA, 1945-1947
Columbia University, MA, 1947-1948
American University, 1950-1952
Military Service
1943-1945 U.S. Navy
Present Position
Associate Director for Demographic Fields, Bureau of the Census,
August 1973
Experience Prior
to Present Position
1972-1973 Associate Director for Demographic Operations, Bureau of the Census
1972
Deputy Associate Director (Demographic Fields), Bureau of the Census
1966-1972 Chief, Demographic Surveys Division
1961-1966 Assistant Chief, Demographic Surveys Division
1959-1961 Chief, Special Surveys Branch, Demographic Surveys Division
1959
Analytical Statistician (Demography), Population Division,
Bureau of the Census
1959-1964 Social Science Analyst, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
1948-1954 Survey Statistician, Population Division, Bureau of the Census
Honors and
Professional Affiliations
Certificate of Merit, Agriculture Department, 1958
Outstanding Performance Rating, 1968, 1969
Quality Step Increase, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971
Department's Gold Medal Award, 1969 (Department of Commerce)
Department's Silver Medal Award, 1966
American Statistical Association (Fellow)
American Association for Public Opinion Research
Population Association of America
Inter-American Statistical Institute (Constitutent Member)
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
International Association of Survey Statisticians
Washington Statistical Society (Representative-at-large)
NAME:
George Jaszi
DATE: November 22, 1976
PRESENT POSITION:
Title -- Director, since July 1963
Responsibilities -- Formulates the policies and plans of the Bureau, and
directs its activities.
EDUCATION:
Degree: B.Sc.
Institution:
London School of Economics
Year:
1936
Degree
Ph. D.
Institution:
Harvard University
Year:
1946
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS:
1.
"The Conceptual Basis of the Accounts, " Vol. 22, Studies in Income
and Wealth, Princeton University Press, 1958
2.
"The Measurement of Aggregate Economic Growth: A Review of
Key Conceptual and Statistical Issues as Suggested by United States
Experience, 11 Review of Economics and Statistics, November 1961
3. "The Quarterly National Income and Product Accounts of the U.S.,
1942-1962, " Studies in Short-Term National Accounts and Long-Term
Economic Growth, Income and Wealth Series XI; edited by Simon
Goldberg and Phyllis Deane, Bowes & Bowes, London, 1966
4. "An Economic Accountant's Ledger, 11 The Economic Accounts of the
United States: Retrospect and Prospect, Survey of Current Business,
July 1971, Part II
5. "Comments on F. Thomas Juster, 'A Framework for the Measure-
ment of Economic and Social Performance, "Vol. 38, Studies in
Income and Wealth, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1973
HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Honors
1.
London School of Economics: Gladstone Memorial Prize (1934); Tooke
Scholarship (1934-1936); First Class Honors (1936); Gonner Prize (1936)
2.
Harvard University: Littauer Fellowships (1938-1939); David A Wells
Prize (1947)
3.
Commerce Gold Medal Award (1956)
4.
Career Service Award of the National Civil Service League (1965)
5.
Secretarial Citation for Distinguished Achievement in Federal
Service (1969)
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6. Rockefeller Public Service Award for Professional Accomplishment (1974)
Professional Organizations
1.
Member, American Economic Association (1949)
2. Fellow, American Statistical Association (1965)
3.
Conference on Research in Income and Wealth: Member of Executive
Committee (1949-1952, 1955-1957, 1959-1963), Chairman (1955-1956),
Permanent Member (1968)
4.
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth: Member (1971),
Member of Council (1971-1977), Chairman (1973-1975)
5. National Association of Business Economists: Member (1971), Fellow (1972)
E:
Allan H. Young
DATE: November 16, 1976
PRESENT POSITION:
Title -- Deputy Director, November 1976
Responsibilities -- Assists the Director in all aspects of the management of
the Bureau, and performs the duties of the Director during the latter's absence.
Also serves as Acting Chief of the National Income and Wealth Division.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT (last 10 years):
1. 1971 - 1976 -- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Chief, National Income and Wealth
Division
-2. 1970 - 1971 -- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Assistant Chief, National
Economics Division
2 1966 - 1970 -- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Economist, National Incore Division
4.
1958 - 1966 Bureau of the Census, Statistician
EDUCATION:
-1. B. A. Western Reserve University, 1958 - Economics
2. M.A. American University, 1969 - Economics
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS:
"Linear Approximations to the Census and BLS Seasonal Adjustment Methods,"
Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 1968, Volume 63, PP. 445-471
2. "Alternative Estimates of Corporate Depreciation and Profits," Survey of Current
Business, April and May 1968, Volume 48, Nos. 4 and 5, pp. 17-29 and pp. 16-28.
3. "Reliability of the Quarterly National Income and Product Accounts of the
United States, 1947-71," The Review of Income and Wealth, March 1974, Series
20, Number 1, pp. 1-39.
4. "Estimation of Capital Stock in the United States," (Co-author) prepared for the
Conference on the Measurement of Capital, October 1976, Toronto, sponsored by the
Conference on Research in Income and Wealth of the National Bureau of Economic
Research.
HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Honors
Recipient of Commerce Department Silver Medal
Recipient of Commerce Department Gold Medal
Professional Organizations
1. American Economic Association
American Statistical Association
3. Conference on Research in Income and Wealth
NAME:
John E. Cremeans
DATE:
November 17, 1976
PRESENT POSITION:
Title --
Chief Statistician, 7/75
Responsibilities -- Exercises continuing overall responsibility for the
development and improvement of mathematical and statistical techniques,
and for the improvement and integration of the source data used in the
production of the Bureau's economic measures and related analyses. Also
serves as Acting Chief of the Business Outlook Division.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT (last 10 years):
1. 1974-1976 -- Chief, Business Outlook Division, Bureau of Economic
Analysis
2. 1972-1974 -- Chief, Environmental Studies Staff, Bureau of Economic
Analysis
3. 1966-1972 -- Senior Analyst and Project Chairman, Research Analysis
Corporation of McLean, Virginia (transportation and
environmental economics)
4. 1965-1966 -- Chief, Data Processing Division, FAA
5. 1961-1965 -- Director, Information Sciences Division, CEIR, Inc.,
Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION:
1. B.A., 1950, Williams College, Economics
2. M.A., 1966, George Washington University, Economics
3. Ph.D., 1972, American University, Mathematical Economics
John E. Cremeans
November 17, 1976
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS:
1. Conceptual and Statistical Issues in Developing Environmental
Measures -- Recent U.S. Experience, Presented at the 14th General
Conference of the International Association for Research in Income
and Wealth at Aulanko, Finland, August, 1975 and accepted for
publication in Review of Income and Wealth.
2. National Expenditures for Pollution Abatement and Control, 1972,
Survey of Current Business, February 1975.
3. Capital Expenditures by Business for Air and Water Pollution
Abatement, 1973 and 1974, Survey of Current Business, July 1974.
4. Pollution Abatement and Economic Growth -- An Application of the
von Neumann Model, Nav. Res. Log. Qtly., March 1974.
5. An Optimal Multicommodity Network Flow Model With Resource Constraints,
Nav. Res. Log. Qtly., March 1967.
HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Professional Organizations
1. Omicron Delta Epsilon
2. American Economic Association
Honors
Department of Commerce Special Achievement Award, June 1974
Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award, October 1975
NAME: Charles A. Waite
DATE: November 23, 1976
PRESENT POSITION:
Title -- Chief Economist, 8/1/76
Responsibilities -- Analyzes economic developments and problems, advises the
Director with regard to them, and with regard to the economic research program
of BEA. Also serves as Acting Chief of the Government Division.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT (last 10 years):
1. 1971 - 1976 -- Bureau of Economic Analysis: Chief, Government Division
2. 1966 - 1971 -- Bureau of Economic Analysis: Chief, Government Branch,
National Income Division
3. 1964 - 1966 - Economist, National Income Division
4. 1969 -
-- World Bank, Consultant, Statistical Mission to Pakistan
5. 1972 -
- Census Bureau, National Accounts Adviser to South Vietnam
6. 1972 -
-- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Consultant
7.
1973
-
1974 - U.S. representative to OECD expert group on public sector
statistical problems
8. 1975 -
- Member of U.S. delegation to NATO Economic Committee
EDUCATION:
1.
B.A., University of Michigan, 1959, Economics
2. Graduate studies, University of Michigan, American University
1959-1964, Economics
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS:
1.
"Federal Programs for Fiscal, 1966; ...
1967;
...
1968;
...
1969;
...
1970; ... 1971; ... 1972; 1973; 1974; ... 1975, " (1970 on with
J. C. Wakefield) Survey of Current Business February 1965, 1966, 1967
1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, U. S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
2. Review of the National Accounts of Vietnam, Report to Census Bureau, 1972.
3. Review of the Statistical System of Pakistan (Government Accounts),
Report to World Bank, 1970.
4.
"The New Federal Budget and National Accounting," (with Irving Rottenberg)
Proceedings of the 1968 Business and Economic Statistics Section of the
American Statistical Association.
5.
"A Broader Concept of Public Expenditures," paper submitted for discussion
to the OECD, 1973.
6.
"Labor Requirements for Highway Construction, " (with R. E. Kutscher)
Monthly Labor Review, July 1961, U.S. Department of Labor
Page 2
HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Honors:
1.
Nominee for Arthur S. Flemming Award (outstanding young men and women
in the Federal Government), 1974.
2.
Silver Medal Award, Commerce Department, 1968.
Professional organizations:
1.
Elected to membership, National Conference on Income and Wealth, 1970.
2.
American Economic Association.
NAME: Jack J. Bame
DATE: 19 November 1976
PRESENT POSITION:
Title - Associate Director for International Economics
Responsibilities - Plans and develops all international economic programs and
accounts for the Bureau; coordinates activities of Balance of Payments, Foreign
Demographic Analysis and International Investment Divisions; advises the Director,
members of his staff and other officials with regard to major developments and
problems of an international economic nature; shares responsibility, as Associate
Director, for the conceptualization and formulation of all Bureau plans, policies
and programs pertaining to international economics.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT (last 10 years):
1. 1971-1973 - Bureau of Economic Analysis, Chief, Balance of Payments Division
2. 1968-1971 - Lehman Brothers, New York, Senior Economist
3. 1969-1970 - Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University, Graduate School of Business
4. 1961-1968 - Associate Professor, Rutgers University, Graduate School of Business
5. 1963-1969 - Faculty Member, Stonier Graduate School of Banking (American Bankers
Association)
6. 1951-1968 - Editor, Assistant to Publisher, and Director of Research, Pick
Publishing Corp.
7. Lecturer, IBM Management Development Center, Western Electric Management
Development Program
8. 1973-1974 - Consultant, International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Manual
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., New York University, Graduate School of Business Administration, 1961
(International Finance, Money and Banking, Economics)
2. MBA, New York University, Graduate School of Business Administration, 1957
(International Finance, Money and Banking, Economics)
3. B.A., Brooklyn College, 1948, Advertising Design
4. Certificate, Pratt Institute Evening Art School, 1953
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS:
1. Numerous articles, Magazine of Wall Street
2. Weekly column, N.Y. Journal of Commerce, "Money-The World Over"
3. Editor, Pick's Currency Yearbook
4. Quarterly articles on U.S. Balance of Payments, Survey of Current Business
5. "Analyzing U.S. International Transactions," Columbia U. Journal of World Business,
Fall 1976
HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Honors
1. Awarded first Marcus Nadler fellowship, N.Y.U.
2. Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award, 1975
Professional Organizations
American Economic Association, American Finance Association
Money Marketeers of N.Y.U. (past member, Board of Governors)
NAME:
Daniel H. Garnick
DATE: November 22, 1976
PRESENT POSITION:
Title Associate Director for Regional Economics
Responsibilities Plans and coordinates the regional economic measurement
and analysis program of BEA and advises the Director in this field; coor-
dinates the following units: the Regional Economic Analysis Division and
the Regional Economic Measurement Division. Also serves as Acting Chief of
the Regional Economic Analysis Division.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:
1. 1973 - 1976 -- Chief, Regional Economic Analysis Division, Bureau of
Economic Analysis
2. 1970 - 1973 -- Chief, Analysis Branch, Regional Economic Division
3. 1967 - 1970 -- Economist, Regional Economics Division
4. 1964 - 1967 -- Associate, Robert R. Nathan Associates
5. 1959 - 1964 -- Assistant Professor of Economics, State University of
New York at Buffalo
6.
1963 - 1964 -- Fulbright Professor of Economics, Korea
7. 1964 - 1965 -- Economic Advisor to Economic Planning Board, Korea
8. Summer 1974 -- Consultant on Regional Accounts to Central Bank of
Nicaragua
EDUCATION:
1. B.S., Temple University, 1951 (Education, Social Sciences)
2. Ph.D., Dropsie College, 1958 (Middle Eastern Area Studies)
3. M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1960 (Economics)
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS:
1. "Issues in Estimating Gross State Product", Proceedings of the 1975
Conference of the Association for University Business and Economic
Research.
2. On the Regional Deconsolidation of Nicaragua's National Income and
Product Accounts, Central Bank of Nicaragua, Managua, July, 1974.
3. "Evaluating National Efficiency and Regional Distributive Effects of
Public Investment", RSA Papers, 1971 (joint authorship).
4. Toward Development of a National-Regional Impact Evaluation System,
Staff Paper #18. March 1971, BEA, Department of Commerce, Washington,
D.C. (joint authorship).
5. "Differential Regional Multiplier Models", Journal of Regional Science,
Volume 10, No. 1, 1970.
6. "Disaggregated Basic-Service Models and Regional Input-Output Models
in Multiregional Projections", Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 9,
No. 1, 1969.
7. "Economic Projection for Local Areas", American Statistical Association
Proceedings of Social Statistics Section, 1967 (joint authorship).
8. "Further Thoughts on Confiscation", Economic Development and Cultural
Change, July 1964.
9. "The Appeal of Confiscation Reconsidered: A Gaming Approach to Foreign
Economic Policy", Economic Development and Cultural Change, July 1963.
10. "On the Economic Feasibility of a Middle Eastern Common Market", Middle
East Journal, Summer 1960.
HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
1. Fulbright Fellow
2. Fellow of Dropsie College
3. Ford Foundation Fellow (University of Chicago)
4. Carnegie Fellow for Creative Scholarship (Special Symposium at University
of Kentucky)
NAME:
Martin L. Marimont
DATE: November 15, 1976
PRESENT POSITION:-
Title -- Associate Director for National Economic Accounts, 1973;
Responsibilities -- Plans and coordinates the systems of national accounts
including national income and product, wealth, government, and input-output.
Coordinates the activities of the Government Division, Interindustry Economics
Division, and the National Income and Wealth Division.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT (last 10 years):
Organization -- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce
1. 1973 to present -- Associate Director for National Economic Accounts
2. 1972 - 1973 -- Assistant Director for Economic Accounts
3. 1964 - 1972 -- Chief, National Economics Division
EDUCATION:
Degree:
B.A.
Institution: Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
Year:
1942
Area of Study: Economics
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS:
1. "Prices and Price Analysis in the Framework of the National Accounts,"
The Review of Income and Wealth, June 1970. Co-author.
2. "Comments on Input-Output as a Forecasting Method," American Statistical
Association, December 1967. Sole author.
3. "Measuring Real Output for Industries Providing Services--OBE Concepts
and Methods,' Production and Productivity in the Service Industries,
V. R. Fuchs, Editor, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1969.
Sole author.
4. "The Interindustry Structure of the United States," Survey of Current
Business. November 1964. Co-author.
5. "GNP by Major Industries,' Survey of Current Business, October 1962.
Sole author.
HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Honors:
1. Fellow of American Statistical Association
2. Silver Medal Award, 1966; Department of Commerce
3. Gold Medal Award, 1970; Department of Commerce
Professional Organizations:
1. American Economic Association
2. American Statistical Association
3. National Economists Club
4. International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
5. Conference on Research in Income and Wealth
NAME:
Beatrice N. Vaccara
DATE: August 1976
PRESENT POSITION: Associate Director for National Analysis and Projections
Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce -
(Since October 1973),
Responsibilities -- Plans and coordinates the national economic analysis
and projection programs of the Bureau, including the development of
econometric models of the United States economy and the preparation of
econometric forecasts; coordinates Bureau activities which relate to the
overall effort of the Government to study the problems of economic growth.
Coordinates the activities of Business Outlook Division, Current Business
Analysis Division, and the Statistical Indicators Division.
PREVIOUS: EMPLOYMENT
Organization - U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Position - Chief, Economic Growth Division, 1970-1973
Organization - U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Position - Acting Chief, Interindustry Economics Division, 1972-1973
Organization - U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Business Economics
Position - Coordinator Economic Growth Studies, 1965-1970
Organization - U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Business Economics
Position - Assistant Chief, National Economics Division, 1960-1965
Organization - Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Position - Research Associate in Economics, 1955-1960
Organization - U.S. Department of Labor
Position - Economist, 1950-1955
Organization - U.S. Department of Agriculture
Position - Economist, 1949-1950
Organization - National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., New York, N.Y.
Position - Research Assistant, 1944-1949
EDUCATION:
B.A., Brooklyn College, 1943, Economics
M.A., Columbia University, 1944, Economics
(Additional Post Graduate Work - Columbia University and George
Washington University)
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August 1976
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
EMPLOYMENT AND OUTPUT IN PROTECTED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES,
The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1960.
IMPORT LIBERALIZATION AND EMPLOYMENT, (with Walter Salant) The Brookings
Institution, Washington, D.C., 1961.
"The Interindustry Study" (with Morris R Goldman and Martin L. Mari-
mont) in 1964 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC STATISTICS
SECTION OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION.
"Factors Affecting the Post War Industrial Composition of Real Product"
(with Nancy Simon) in THE INDUSTRIAL COMPOSITION OF INCOME AND PRODUCT,
Studies in Income and Wealth, No. 32, NBER, 1968.
"Changes Over Time in Input-Output Coefficients for the United States,"
APPLICATIONS IN INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS, Volume 2, Amsterdam, 1970.
A STUDY OF FIXED CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE U.S. BUSINESS ECONOMY,
197l-1980, National Technical Information Service, December 1975.
HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Honors
Winner of Adam Smith Award for Excellence in Economics, Brooklyn College,
1943.
Graduate Scholarship, 1943-1944.
U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal Award for Meritorious Service,
1965.
U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Achieve-
ment in the Federal Service, 1974.
Professional Organizations
American Statistical Association - Fellow; Member of Fellowship
Committee, 1971-1976, (Chairman, 1975-1976); Board of Directors,
1975-1978.
American Economic Association
National Economist Club (Board of Governors, 1973)
Washington Statistical Society (President, 1971-1972)
Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (Executive Committee,
1972-1974).
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
Major Programs
Major Programs
The Office of the Chief Economist does not administer any
programs as such. Rather, the Chief Economist, as stated
elsewhere, has overall policy and budgetary supervision
over the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Economic
Analysis.
Major Programs
The following is a list of selected major programs of the Bureau of the Census:
Periodic Censuses
Demographic Programs
Decennial Census of Population and Housing (1980)
Population Statistics
Mid-Decade Census of Population and Housing (1985)
Census of Governments (1977)
Current Population Survey
Economic Censuses (1977)
National Health Survey
Census of Agriculture (1974)
National Longitudinal Surveys
Census of Agriculture (1978)
Housing Statistics
Economic Programs
Annual Survey of Housing
Quarterly Housing Survey
Business Statistics
Retail, Wholesale, Service Trade Reports
Construction Statistics
Housing Starts
Housing Permits Issued
Manufacturing Statistics
Current Industrial Reports (Output)
Annual Survey of Manufactures
Transportation Statistics
Foreign Trade
Import - Export Reports
Reconciliation of International Trade Statistics
Industrial Directory
State and Local Government Statistics
Local Government Finances
Agriculture Statistics
Selected Agricultural Commodities Report
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
MAJOR PROGRAMS
FUNCTIONS AND OUTPUT
INTRODUCTION
The functions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis are to prepare the
economic accounts of the United States and to interpret economic develop-
ments in the light of these accounts and other pertinent information.
The accounts provide a quantitative view of the economic process in
terms of the production, distribution, and use of the Nation's output.
This picture is disciplined -- it appears in the framework of an inter-
related system of credits and debits -- and realistic, in the sense that
it focuses on the institutions and transactions that determine the working
of the economy.
The national income and product accounts, focusing on
the gross national product, provide a bird's-eye view
of the economic process.
The wealth accounts show the business and other components
of tangible national wealth.
The balance of payments accounts give detail on U.S.
transactions with foreign countries.
The interindustry accounts show how the Nation's industries
interact to produce GNP.
The regional accounts provide detail on economic activity by
State, metropolitan area, and county.
The accounts are supplemented by various tools for forecasting economic
developments:
Surveys of the investment outlays and programs of
U.S. business
Econometric models of the United States
A system of leading, lagging, and coincident business
cycle indicators
Most of BEA's work is published in its monthly magazine, Survey of
Current Business. Other BEA publications are: Business Statistics,
a biennial supplement to the Survey; special-purpose supplements to
the Survey; Business Conditions Digest, a monthly compendium of
economic indicators; Defense Indicators, published monthly; and
Long Term Economic Growth.a periodic supplement containing
historical series pertinent to the study of economic growth. BEA
Staff Papers report on BEA research that is more specialized or less
well-established than that published in the Survey. For use within
the Government, BEA prepares analyses bearing on the formulation
of fiscal, monetary, and other economic policies.
Because the accounts provide a disciplined and realistic quantitative
description of the economy, they have become the primary tool for
practically oriented economic analysis and decisionmaking. They are
used widely by the executive and legislative branches of the Federal
Government and by the Federal Reserve in the formulation and
execution of fiscal, financial, international, wage-price, and other
economic policies concerned with stability, growth, and distribution
of income. Among the main users in the executive branch are the
Council of Economic Advisers, the Treasury Department, the
Office of Management and Budget, and the Commerce Department.
They are also used by other groups: State and local governments,
business and labor, universities and research organizations, and the
growing number of individuals who feel a need for orientation in an
economic world that is becoming more complex.
BEA's obligation to provide objective economic facts and analyses is
thus to the Nation-not just to the Government policymakers who use
the intelligence it provides.
To construct the accounts, BEA uses mainly raw data collected by
other agencies from individual, business, and other respondents.
About one-third of these primary data comes from the Census
Bureau. Most of the rest come from the Treasury Department, the
Labor Department, and the Office of Management and Budget. BEA
also conducts its own surveys to collect data whenever there is a
close link between the data and its analytical work, as, for instance,
in the case of its balance of payments work and its work on inter-
national investment.
The operation by which BEA fits these data together is highly skilled
and technical. It can be likened to assembling a giant jigsaw puzzle.
Formulation and application of the specific methodologies used in this
process require not only knowledge of the data, but also of the
theoretical structure of the accounts and of the course of economic
developments.
BEA's emphasis on the use of the accounts in economic analysis, as
well as on their estimation, is likely to improve the quality of both
aspects of its work. Use of the accounts often suggests improvements
that will make them better tools of analysis; in turn, a thorough
knowledge of the accounts is required for their proper use.
BEA is a research organization. It never provides policy advice, as
distinct from policy-oriented analysis, which it is ready to do. This
rule is essential to preserving BEA's reputation for objectivity and pro-
fessional integrity. BEA analyzes past economic developments and the
economic outlook, it spots emerging economic problems, and it traces
the consequences of alternative economic policies that might be used to
deal with these problems. But it stops short of recommending a choice
among these policies. This is the task of the policymakers.
Electronic computers have enabled BEA to undertake a wide range of
research projects and to make its operations more. efficient. The
Bureau operates a medium-scale computer system with extensive
peripheral equipment, and for projects requiring greater computer
capability, it has access to larger systems via demand and batch
processing terminals.
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
MAJOR PROGRAMS
DETAIL OF OUTPUTS
National Economic Accounts
Base Program
The outputs of this activity include the preparation, development, and
interpretation of the national economic accounts.
The national economic accounts consist of the national income and pro-
duct and wealth accounts, which provide an overall view of the economic
process; the interindustry accounts, which show how the various
industries of the Nation interact to produce GNP; and the regional
accounts, which provide detail on economic activity by region, State,
metropolitan area, and county.
National income and product and wealth accounts - This work consists
of the preparation, development, and analysis of the national income
and product and wealth accounts. The national income and product
accounts, summarized by the GNP, provide an up-to-date overall view
of national production, its distribution, its use, and its industrial origin
as shown by the interrelated receipts and expenditures of producers,
consumers, investors, government, and the foreign customers of the
United States. The wealth accounts show the business and other com-
ponents of tangible national wealth. More specifically, the output con-
sists of the following:
1.
Monthly personal income - Personal income is the most com-
prehensive monthly indicator of economic activity and consumer
purchasing power currently available. Estimates of personal
income are released to the public 2 weeks after the close of the
reference month and are published monthly in the Survey. The
estimates are prepared in considerable detail by type of income
(wages and salaries, dividends, proprietors' income, etc.).
2. GNP estimates - These estimates show GNP by type of expenditure,
type of product, and sector, in current and constant dollars; gross
domestic product in current and constant dollars; net national
National income and product and wealth accounts (continued)
product by sector in current and constant dollars; implicit price
deflators and alternative price measures for GNP and its com-
ponents; personal consumption expenditures by major type in
current and constant dollars; national income by type of income
and industry division; corporate gross product in current and
constant dollars; gross auto product in current and constant
dollars; corporate profits by broad industry group, and corporate
income taxes, dividends, and retained earnings; personal in-
come and its disposition; the relationship between GNP,
national income, and personal income; government receipts
and expenditures; foreign transactions; and gross saving and
investment.
Abbreviated quarterly estimates of this information are prepared
in the middle of the final month of each quarter for use by the
Commerce Department, Council of Economic Advisers, Federal
Reserve Board, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and
Treasury Department. Preliminary estimates in considerably
greater detail are released to the public 2 weeks after the end
of the quarter, and are published in the Survey in the first month
after the end of the quarter. The full set of quarterly estimates
is released to the public about 6 weeks after the end of the quarter,
and is published in the Survey in the second month after the end of
the quarter. Along with the presentation of the quarterly GNP
estimates, an analysis of current economic developments viewed
through the accounts is published in the Survey.
Preliminary annual estimates for the preceding year are published
in the January Survey. Estimates for the 3 most recent years are
revised on the basis of more comprehensive information, and are
published in the July Survey. The greater wealth of underlying
data permits the publication of considerably more detail than is
possible for the quarterly figures. About 100 tables are shown in
the July Survey; estimates from 35 of these tables are published
monthly in the Survey.
Comprehensive GNP benchmark estimates are prepared based
importantly on the results of the quinquennial economic censuses
and the benchmark input-output tables. Revisions are made to
the GNP estimates mainly for the period since the preceding
benchmark. The results of the most recent benchmark revision,
which incorporated the 1967 economic censuses, were published
in the January 1976 Survey.
National income and product and wealth accounts (continued)
3. Government budgets in the GNP framework - The Federal and
State and local budgets prepared within the GNP framework
provide a means of gauging the effect of government fiscal policies
on the economy. Detailed reconciliations between this concept of
the Federal budget and the budget prepared by OMB are made on
a quarterly basis and published in the July Survey. An analysis of
the impact of the Federal budget on the economy is published in the
February Survey.
4. GNP by industry - Annual estimates of GNP by industry, in current
and constant dollars, and implicit price deflators are published in
the July Survey.
5. Fixed business capital - Estimates of the nonresidential fixed
business capital of the United States are made annually. These
cover gross and net capital stocks, depreciation, discards, and
average ages of net and gross capital stocks. The estimates are
provided by legal form of organization in constant, in current-period,
and in historical prices, by type of structure and equipment, for
farm, manufacturing, and for all other industries combined.
Summary estimates are published in the August Survey. More
detailed estimates are published in annual supplements to the
Survey.
Estimates of the value of the Nation's stock of housing are made
annually. These estimates show, in current and constant dollars,
the value of the farm and nonfarm housing stock, by type of
structure -- one-to-four dwelling unit structures, structures
containing five or more dwelling units, mobile homes, and
owner- and tenant-occupied dwelling units. Summary estimates
are published in the August Survey. More detailed estimates are
published in annual supplements to the Survey.
6. Business sales, inventories, and orders - Estimates of final sales
and inventories of business, in current and constant dollars, and
inventory-sales ratios are published quarterly in the Survey.
Estimates of manufacturers' and trade firms' sales and in-
ventories, in constant dollars, and inventory-sales ratios are
also published quarterly in the Survey. Estimates of manu-
facturers' and trade firms' sales, and of manufacturers' new and
unfilled orders, in current dollars; and of manufacturers' and
trade firms' inventories, in book values, are published monthly
in the Survey.
National income and product and wealth accounts (continued)
7.
Size distribution of personal income - Estimates of the size
distribution of the personal income component of the GNP
statistics are prepared. Estimates for the benchmark year,
1964, and preliminary estimates for 1970 and 1971 were
published in the Survey. Benchmark estimates for 1972 and
updated annual estimates beginning with revised estimates for
1970 and 1971 are being developed.
8.
Public and private debt - Comprehensive annual estimates of
public and private debt, classified by borrower group, are
published in the May Survey.
9. Special compilations for international organizations - Official
translations of the U.S. national income and product accounts into
the forms prescribed by the United Nations and the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development are prepared for
these organizations.
Interindustry accounts - This work consists of the preparation,
development, and analysis of input-output tables. More specifically,
the output consists of the following:
1.
Input-output tables - Input-output tables depict how the industries
of the Nation interact in producing GNP. They show, for each
industry, the amount of its output that goes to each other industry
as raw materials or semi-finished products, as well as the
amount that goes to the final markets -- consumers, business
investors, government, and foreigners. They also show, for each
industry, its consumption of the output of every industry, and its
value added (the sum of compensation of employees, profits,
proprietors' income, capital consumption allowances, etc. ).
Comprehensive benchmark input-output tables are prepared
approximately every 5 years. The most recent benchmark
input-output tables for 1967 were published in the February 1974
Survey and supplements. Summary annual input-output tables
prepared in less industrial detail update the benchmark tables.
The most recent summary input-output tables for 1970 were
published in a BEA Staff Paper in September 1975. Articles that
explain and use the input-output tables as tools of economic
analysis are also published in the Survey. Special analyses are
prepared of the impact on the various industries of changes in
specified final demands, output of other industries, and prices.
2. Capital flow tables - Tables showing capital flows from producing
to using industries are prepared for the same years as the
benchmark input-output tables. The most recent capital flow
tables for 1967 were published in the September 1975 Survey and
supplements.
Interindustry accounts - This work consists of the preparation,
development, and analysis of input-output tables. More specifically,
the output consists of the following:
1.
Input-output tables - Input-output tables depict how the industries
of the Nation interact in producing GNP. They show, for each
industry, the amount of its output that goes to each other industry
as raw materials or semi-finished products, as well as the
amount that goes to the final markets -- consumers, business
investors, government, and foreigners. They also show, for each
industry, its consumption of the output of every industry, and its
value added (the sum of compensation of employees, profits,
proprietors' income, capital consumption allowances, etc. ).
Comprehensive benchmark input-output tables are prepared
approximately every 5 years. The most recent benchmark
input-output tables for 1967 were published in the February 1974
Survey and supplements. Summary annual input-output tables
prepared in less industrial detail update the benchmark tables.
The most recent summary input-output tables for 1970 were
published in a BEA Staff Paper in September 1975. Articles that
explain and use the input-output tables as tools of economic
analysis are also published in the Survey. Special analyses are
prepared of the impact on the various industries of changes in
specified final demands, output of other industries, and prices.
2. Capital flow tables - Tables showing capital flows from producing
to using industries are prepared for the same years as the
benchmark input-output tables. The most recent capital flow
tables for 1967 were published in the September 1975 Survey and
supplements.
Regional accounts - This work consists of the preparation, development,
and analysis of the regional accounts. The regional accounts provide
detail on economic activity by region, State, metropolitan area, and
county. More specifically, the output consists of the following:
1.
Personal income, by State - Annual estimates of personal income
by State are prepared twice each year and published in the Survey,
first in April on the basis of preliminary and incomplete data,
and next in August when more reliable and detailed estimates can
be made. The April issue contains preliminary estimates of total
and per capita personal income, with total income subdivided by
type of income and by major industry of origin. An article
analyzing changes in the geographic distribution of income is
included in the April issue. The August issue presents revised
estimates of personal income in greater industrial detail.
Quarterly estimates of total personal income by State, subdivided
by type of income and by major industry of origin, are published
quarterly in the Survey. Revised estimates are published in the
October Survey.
2.
Personal income, by county - Annual estimates of total and per
capita personal income, with total income subdivided by type of
income and by major industry of origin, are published each spring
for more than 3, 100 counties and county equivalents in the United
States. These estimates constitute the only comprehensive and
detailed economic series available annually on a local area basis.
They are the basic source data for the annual estimates of State
and county money income prepared by BEA for the Census
Bureau's intercensal demographic estimates required for the
general revenue sharing program.
3.
Personal income, by metropolitan area - Annual estimates of
total and per capita personal income, with total income subdivided
by type of income and by major industry of origin, are published
each spring for each of the standard metropolitan statistical
areas and their constituent counties.
4.
Regional, State, and local area economic analyses and projections -
Analyses are carried out to identify and measure the factors that
determine regional differences in levels of economic activity,
income, and in rates of economic growth. These analyses are
needed to improve the techniques for preparing the State and local
area economic projections, and to assess, in advance of adoption,
the regional effects of alternative development programs. Analyses
are published in the Survey and in special supplements.
Regional accounts (continued)
Economic projections, primarily of personal income, employment,
and population are prepared every 5 years for each State and for
more than 900 geographic areas which cover the United States.
During the interim period, economic projections are made for
selected State and local areas. Economic projections are published
in the Survey and in special supplements.
Analysis of Business Trends
Base Program
The outputs of this activity include surveys of business investment,
econometric models of the U.S. economy, estimates of the costs of pollution
abatement, a system of business cycle indicators, and analyses of the
business situation.
Business outlook - This work consists of the preparation, development,
and analysis of quarterly surveys of the investment outlays and plans
of U.S. business, estimates of manufacturers' capacity utilization,
short- and medium-term econometric forecasts, and estimates of
capital expenditures and operating costs for pollution abatement. More
specifically, the output consists of the following:
1.
Surveys and analyses of expenditures for plant and for equipment:
(a)
Quarterly data are collected and published in the Survey
covering: expected capital expenditures for the current
quarter and each of the next 2 quarters for all nonfarm
industries, except real estate, professional services,
and nonprofit organizations; actual expenditures for the
same industries; the initiation and carryover of new in-
vestment projects by manufacturing and public utility
companies; and an evaluation by manufacturing companies
of the adequacy of their existing plant and equipment in
carrying out their expected operations over the next 12
months.
(b)
Annual data for both the past year and the coming year are
collected and published in the January Survey for all nonfarm
industries, except real estate, professional services, and
nonprofit organizations, covering: capital expenditures,
business sales, percent changes in the prices of capital
goods purchased, and for manufacturing and utilities,
percent changes in the prices of goods and services sold.
(c)
Reports on the plant and equipment estimates are also
published in the Survey. These include analyses of factors
affecting the capital goods market, the prospective impact
of expected investment on near-term economic activity, and
differences in trends among the various industries.
(d)
Special reports on investment activity are undertaken from
time to time for the Secretary of Commerce, Council of
Economic Advisers, other Government agenties, and Con-
gressional committees.
Business outlook (continued)
2. Quarterly data are collected and published in the Survey on
capacity utilization rates, both operating and preferred, by
manufacturing industries.
3.
Econometric models - Short-term forecasts of economic activity
are made using a quarterly model of the U.S. economy consisting
of about 150 equations. Medium-term projections of economic
activity are made using an annual model of the U.S. economy con-
sisting of about 100 equations.
4.
Environmental statistics - Annual estimates of capital expenditures
and operating costs for pollution abatement prepared within the
framework of the national economic accounts are published in the
February Survey. These estimates are classified by sector of the
economy (consumers, business, and government), and by the
element of the environment affected (air, land, and water).
A series of questions on actual and expected business capital
expenditures for pollution abatement is included in the annual survey
of investment outlays and plans of U.S. business. The results,
covering all nonfarm industries, except real estate, professional
services, and nonprofit organizations, are published in the July
Survey.
Statistical indicators - This work consists of the preparation, develop-
ment, and analysis of a system of leading, lagging, and coincident
business cycle indicators, and data which depict long-term economic
trends. More specifically, the output consists of the following:
1.
Business cycle indicators - Business Conditions Digest (BCD), a
monthly compendium of economic indicators, presents approxi-
mately 600 monthly and quarterly seasonally adjusted economic
time series, of which 300 basic series in graphic and tabular
form cover the period 1945 to present. Diffusion indexes, various
analytical measures, and summary characteristics of individual
series are also shown. Approximately 100 series are classified
according to their business cycle timing. These series, identified
as leading, roughly coincident, or lagging indicators, and the
composite indexes derived from them have been generally
recognized as useful tools for economic forecasting. An advance
release, Advance BCD, is released 2 days prior to the major
report to speed up the availability of the current data to the public.
2. Defense Indicators, a monthly publication, brings together about 60
of the principal time series on defense activities which are useful
for analyzing the current and prospective impact of defense
activity on the national economy. These include series on con-
tracts, orders, shipments, inventories, expenditures, production,
employment, earnings, and Department of Defense (DOD) obligations.
3. Long Term Economic Growth, a report designed to complement
the business cycle publications, presents approximately 1, 200
annual economic time series needed by specialists in the
analysis of long-term economic trends. The most recent report,
covering the period 1860-1970, was published in June 1973.
Current business analysis - This work consists of the preparation of
analyses of the business situation and outlook, the Survey of Current
Business, and companion releases. More specifically, the output con-
sists of the following:
1.
Analysis of the business situation - Analyses of current business
conditions and the near-term outlook are published in "The Business
Situation" section of the Survey. These analyses are prepared
within the framework of the economic accounts. A review and
interpretation of the preliminary GNP estimates and also a pre-
view of them, based on data available 1 month earlier, are
published quarterly.
In addition, analyses of one or more specific aspects of the
business situation are published. Examples are: residential
construction; the labor market; price changes; financial developments;
and developments in particular industries, such as steel and autos,
that have an important influence on short-term business activity.
2. Statistics and explanatory notes are published in the "S-pages" of
the Survey. These carry approximately 2, 500 separate series.
Used in conjunction with the biennial Business Statistics supplements
to the Survey, they provide continuous and consistent series
running back many years, and cover all major aspects of the
economy. Most of the series are obtained from other Government
agencies and from private organizations.
A weekly supplement, updating the S-pages, provides Survey sub-
scribers with current monthly data as they become available, as
well as weekly statistical indicators.
3. The biennial Business Statistics supplements provide back data
for the series published in the S-pages of the monthly issues of
the Survey. Explanatory notes define terms, give sources of data,
and describe methods of compilation.
4. Preparation of the Survey - This includes the review and coordination
of the layout, chartwork, and mechanics of preparing the copy of
the Survey for the printer.
5. Press releases - This includes the substantive as well as editorial
review of all BEA press releases.
International Economic Accounts
Base Program
The outputs of this activity include balance of payments accounts, which
give detail on U.S. transactions with foreign countries: and the international
investment estimates, which measure the international investment position
of the United States.
Balance of payments accounts - This work consists of the preparation,
development, and analysis of the balance of payments accounts, which
provide a comprehensive and systematic view of economic transactions
between the United States and foreign countries. Major types of
transactions covered are merchandise trade, travel, transportation,
income on international investment, U.S. Government military and
other services, U.S. private services, private remittances, foreign
aid programs, short- and long-term private capital flows, and changes
in foreign official assets in the United States and U.S. official reserve
assets. More specifically, the output consists of the following:
1.
Balance of payments estimates - Estimates containing all major
components of the balance of payments accounts, including
regional breakdowns, are published quarterly in the Survey. The
regional breakdowns include bilateral balance of payments data
for the European Communities, United Kingdom, total Western
Europe, Eastern Europe, Canada, Latin American Republics and
other Western Hemisphere countries, Japan, other countries in
Asia and Africa, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa combined,
and international organizations.
Abbreviated quarterly balance of payments estimates are prepared
from fragmentary data in the last month of each quarter for use
by the Commerce Department, Council of Economic Advisers,
Federal Reserve Board, OMB, and Treasury Department. The
first published estimates - for a limited number of international
transactions - are released to the public about 6 weeks after the
close of the quarter, when additional data have made firmer
estimates possible. The full set of quarterly estimates is re-
leased to the public about 10 weeks after the end of the quarter,
and is published in the Survey in the third month after the end of
the quarter. Regular quarterly articles on the balance of pay-
ments are also published in the Survey. These analyze current
developments in the U.S. balance of payments, changes in the
foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar, and the economic
developments here and abroad that affect them.
Preliminary annual estimates for the preceding year are
published in the March Survey. Estimates for at least the 3 most
recent years are revised on the basis of more comprehensive
information, and are published in the June Survey. The greater
Balance of payments accounts (continued)
wealth of underlying data permits the publication of considerably
more detail than is possible for the quarterly figures.
Annual bilateral balance of payments accounts for Mexico,
Venezuela, Belgium-Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, West
Germany, Italy, Australia, and South Africa are published in the
June Survey. The U.S. balance of payments current account with
Canada is reconciled with Canadian data and published in the
September Survey.
Short-term projections of the balance of payments are prepared at
least four times a year for Government use, in collaboration with
an interagency committee.
2. Special analyses - Special analyses of current developments re-
lated to the balance of payments are prepared. Examples are the
effects of changes in exchange rates and prices on U.S. trade; the
impact of petroleum transactions on the balance of payments; and
a critical appraisal of the balance of payments presentation.
3.
Government grants and credits - Quarterly estimates are prepared,
giving information by program on grants, credits, and other
assistance to foreign countries by the U.S. Government. These
estimates are included in the quarterly balance of payments
accounts. In addition, more detailed information is published
primarily for use by the Congress and other Government agencies.
The latter is the official record of outflows to, and receipts from,
foreign countries for Government aid and credit programs.
Special compilations of Government grants and credits are prepared
for OMB for use in the annual budget message, and for the
Treasury Department for use in annual reports on the international
financial transactions of the Government. In addition, a detailed
report is prepared annually for the use of the Development
Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development.
4.
Private capital (other than direct investment) - Tabulations of
banking and securities transactions and of corporate transactions
with unaffiliated foreigners are prepared, and income on these
investments is calculated. These data are included in the quarterly
balance of payments accounts.
Balance of payments accounts (continued)
5. Debtor-creditor position of the United States - Detailed annual
estimates are prepared of the international assets and liabilities
of the United States, changes in its net investment position, and
factors accounting for these changes. A reconciliation of these
estimates with the capital flows shown in the balance of payments
accounts is published in the August Survey.
6. Merchandise trade - Special estimates of foreign trade data on a
balance of payments basis are maintained which show consistent
time series for commodities classified by end-use categories.
Estimates of merchandise trade on a balance of payments basis
are released to the public about 4 weeks after the end of the
quarter, and are published in the Survey in the third month after
the end of the quarter. Monthly estimates are prepared for
internal use.
7. International travel, transportation, and other services - Detailed
estimates of receipts and payments arising from international
travel and transportation are prepared for the balance of payments
accounts and for special compilations for other Government
agencies. An article providing annual detailed information on
travel by country and by type of travel is published in the June
Survey. Estimates are also prepared of military expenditures and
sales. Special tabulations of military transactions with North
Atlantic Treaty Organization countries are prepared, and estimat es
are made of a number of other U.S. Government and private
service payments, receipts, and unilateral transfers. This
information is published quarterly in the Survey.
8. Special compilations of the balance of payments accounts - Special
versions of the balance of payments accounts are prepared to
fulfill the Government's commitment to provide information to the
International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, the United Nations, and the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development. These may differ in
format and content from the official U.S. presentation.
International investment estimates - This work consists of the
preparation, development, and analysis of estimates of U. S. direct
investment abroad; foreign direct investment in the United States; in-
come flows associated with these investments; and other economic
transactions of multinational enterprises, including their trade,
employment, taxes, and plant and equipment expenditures. More
specifically, the output consists of the following:
1.
Regular sample surveys - Quarterly surveys of U.S. direct invest-
ment abroad and of foreign direct investment in the United States
are taken in order to obtain data on income and capital flows for
inclusion in the quarterly balance of payments accounts. The
results of these surveys are also published in the August issue of
the Survey. These annual reports give detailed information by
country and industry on capital flows, earnings, reinvested
earnings, income payments, royalties and fees, and the U.S.
direct investment position at the end of each year.
Semiannual surveys are taken of current and projected plant and
equipment expenditures of foreign affiliates of U.S. firms. The
results are published in the March and September issues of the
Survey.
Annual surveys are taken of the sources and uses of funds and the
sales of foreign affiliates and the results are published in the
Survey. These surveys are taken in most years when there is no
benchmark survey covering the same activities.
2.
Benchmark surveys - These surveys cover transactions between
all U.S. parent organizations and their foreign affiliates, and
between foreign parent organizations and their U.S. affiliates.
Other economic information collected relating to multinational
companies (both the parents and the affiliates) includes sales,
trade, employment, balance sheets, and income accounts. The
estimates from the benchmark surveys are shown separately by
industry, country, and broad regions of the world. The results
of the most recent benchmark survey of U.S. direct investment
abroad for 1966 were published as a supplement to the Survey
in June 1975. The results of the most recent benchmark survey of
foreign direct investment in the United States for 1974 were
published in detail in a report to the Congress in April 1976, as
required by the Foreign Investment Study Act of 1974, and were
summarized in the May 1976 Survey.
International investment estimates (continued)
3.
Multinational corporate activities information system - An
information system has been developed which integrates the inter-
national and domestic data for multinational corporations collected
by BEA. This system provides for the production of organized
and consistently defined information on U.S. companies and their
foreign affiliates at the needed level of detail, including data on
type of ownership, industry, and country classification. Data are
stored in accessible form and are organized to facilitate the
matching of benchmark surveys against sample surveys, per-
mitting efficient blowups of sample surveys to universe estimates.
Outside Work Programs
Foreign demographic analysis - Specialized studies of the population,
manpower, and economies of foreign countries are conducted. The
first of two major programs consists of studies of the population,
manpower, statistical reporting systems, and economies of the U.S.S.R.,
the People's Republic of China, and the Communist countries of
Eastern Europe. This program also includes a continuing study of the
input-output tables and related materials published by the U.S.S.R.
The second program consists of studies of the geographic distribution
of population and industrial activity in the non-Communist countries of
the world. Detailed listings of populated places and industrial centers
are prepared, the population of each locality is projected, and the in-
dustrial output of each industrial center is estimated.
Other current outside work - County and state money income estimates
are provided as statistical controls and extrapolator factors for
developing the General Revenue Sharing allocation formulas. County
personal income and employment figures also are provided individually
or in aggregation to encompass alternative definitions of local economic
areas required for various Federal and State government programs. A
program is underway to provide improved county estimates of monthly
employment and quarterly wages. A contract is currently pending to
develop intercensal estimates of county employment by place of
residence.
Regional and local area economic studies are conducted including:
county demographic and income projections, zip code area mail volume
projections, county estimates of the number of school age children in
poverty, and regional impact analyses such as those related to extending
the operating season of the St. Lawrence Seaway and to energy and
developmental projects. Annual and first quarter data from the Social
Security Administration with respect to various demographic, economic
and geographic characteristics of the labor force are summarized and
maintained. Using these records intercensal estimates of work force
migration and journey-to-work are developed. A major new handbook:
Area Work Force Structure and Migration Data is to be published by the
end of CY 1976, and a new quarterly series of indicators is being developed
for 44 Office of Minority Business Enterprise Districts.
Input-output studies are conducted including: disaggregation of the
transportation industries in the 1967 input-output tables for various
categories of air, water and ground transport and related services, and
updating the input requirements for transportation industries and related
energy industries. Feasibility studies are being made for estimating the
costs of home-to-work auto travel, and of not-for-hire trucking.
A major new study is underway for developing a price deflator for de-
fense purchases of goods and services. It is addressed to a long-stand-
ing concern that the present deflation procedures, which are based on
price changes in various segments of the private sector, do not
adequately measure price movements of defense purchases. The study
is an outgrowth of a recently completed report which concluded that
the preparation of more direct estimates of defense price measures is
feasible and recommended specific technical approaches for its
implementation. BEA is currently attempting to obtain FY 1978 funding
for this project (See "Key Issues" Section).
BEA also conducts training in national economic accounting on a
reimbursable basis for foreign nationals under the sponsorship of the
Agency for International Development.
Resources
Resources
The Office of the Chief Economist does not administer
any programs. Its budget for FY 1977 is included in
the funds allocated to the Office of the Secretary.
Net Salaries.
$289,700
Benefits
22,700
Travel
6,000
Rents, Phones, etc.
1,400
Printing
3,500
Other Services
3,500
Supplies
1,200
Total
$328,000
LIBRARY
Bureau of the Census
Program Levels
Estimated Obligations (in 000's)
Actual
Estimated
Submission
FY 1976
FY 1977
FY 1978
Salaries and Expenses
52,395
42,907
44,675
1972 Economic Census
907
-
-
1977 Economic Census
4,013
6,675
14,912
1977 Census of Governments
631
3,660
987
1974 Census of Agriculture
10,461
2,354
-
1978 Census of Agriculture
112
3,747
8,351
1980 Decennial Census
8,637
17,400
29,339
Registration and Voting Survey
1,218
3,452
-
Intercensal Demographic Estimates
7,517
1,722
1,725
Periodic Programs Geographic Support
3,357
2,793
2,764
Special Studies, Services and Projects
7,394
5,171
4,448
General Administration
2,010
2,532
3,129
Data Processing Equipment and
Equipment Rental
3,731
7,596
12,204
Consolidated Working Funds
76,804
57,200
57,200
Total Obligations
179,187
157,209
179,734
Actual FY 1976
DECISION MAKERS
CURRENT
INDICATORS
DEMOGRAPHIC
FERTILITY STATISTICS
FAMILY AND PERSONAL INCOME
DISTRIBUTION STATISTICS
EMIGRATION STATISTICS
POVERTY STATISTICS
BLACK AND ETHNIC STATISTICS
27.9
CURRENT HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
ACANCY STATISTICS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP AND MARITAL
STATUS
29.2
CENSUSES
VOTING REGISTRATION
POPULATION
ECONOMIC
RETAIL SALES AND INV ENTORIES
HOUSING
SALARIES
WHOLESALE SALES ANDINVENTORIES
MANUFAC TURERS' SHIPMENTS INVENTORIES
AND ORDERS
ECONOMIC
HOUSING STARTS AND COMPLETIONS
PERIODIC COMMERCE BUDGET AND EXPENSES
VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE
MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE
AGRICULTURE
MANUF AC TURERS' EXPORT SALES AND ORDERS
GOVERNMENTS
STATEMENT AURIRO REIMBURSABLE OF w
VETERANS
TREASURY
AGRI
DEFENSE
OTHER
HEALTH, EDUCATION
COMMERCE
AND WELFARE
FEA
.3 1.7 .5 .4 .3 .2 .2 .1
JUSTICE
LOPENT AND URBAN
DOT
11.1
1.3
LABOR
2.9
10.7
6.5
DECISION MAKERS
Estimated FY 1977
DECISION MAKERS
CURRENT
INDICATORS
DEMOGRAPHIC
FERTILITY STATISTICS
AMILY AND PERSONAL INCOME
DISTRIBUTION STATISTICS
MIGRATION STATISTICS
POVERTY STATISTICS
BLACK AND ETHNIC STATISTICS
CURRENT HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
VACANCY STATISTICS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP AND MARITAL
STATUS
27.3
CENSUSES
VOTING REGISTRATION
POPULATION
ECONOMIC
RETAIL SALES AND INV ENTORIES
HOUSING
SALARIES
WHOLESALE SALES AND INVENTORIES
MANUFACTURERS SHIPMENTS INVENTORIES
AND ORDERS
ECONOMIC
HOUSING STARTS AND COMPLETIONS
PERIODIC COMMERCE BUDGET OF AND EXPENSES
VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE
MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE
AGRICULTURE
MANUFACTURERS EXPORT SALES AND ORDERS
GOVERNMENTS
CERTIFICATE
VETERANS
TREASURY
36.3
OF
THE
AGRI
DEFENSE
OTHER
5.9
COMMERCE
.6 .2 .5 .4 .5 .2 .2
HEALTH EDUCATION
URBAN HOUSING STATE/ USING DEVEL AND
FEA
DOT
in
.s
LABOR
JUSTICE
2.7
10.6
6.1
6.7
DECISION MAKERS
Submission FY 1978
DECISION MAKERS
CURRENT
INDICATORS
DEMOGRAPHIC
FERTILITY STATISTICS
FAMILY AND PERSONAL INCOME
DISTRIBUTION STATISTICS
MIGRATION STATISTICS
POVERTY STATISTICS
BLACK AND ETHNIC STATISTICS
CURRENT HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
VACANCY STATISTICS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT
CENSUSES
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP AND MARITAL
43.3
STATUS
VOTING REGISTRATION
24.9
POPULATION
ECONOMIC
HOUSING
TAIL SALES AND INV ENTORIES
SALARIES
WHOLESALE SALES AND INVENTORIES
MANUFACTURERS SHIPMENTS
ECONOMIC
INS ENTORIES AND ORDERS
HOUSING STARTS AND COMPLETIONS
VALUE OF CONSTRUCT PUT IN PLACE
AGRICULTURE
MERCHANDISE TRADE BALANCE
GOVERNMENTS
PERIODIC COMMERCE BUDGET REIMBURSA THE OF COMMISSION E AND
EXPENSES
MANUF ACTURERS' EXPORT
SALES AND ORDERS
VETERANS
TREASURY
AGRI
DEFENSE
OTHER
CHESE
s .1 .3 .1 .1
COMMERCE
.7
URBAN HOUSING STATE/AD/ AND JUSTICE
FEA
is
DOT
.2
1.0
AND HEALTH, WELFARE
LABOR
2.4
10.9
5.8
5.2
4.6
DECISION MAKERS
Department of Commerce
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Data on Personnel
FY 1976
FY 1977
FY1978
Salaries and Expenses
(Direct Reimbursable Programs)
3,232
3,205
3,301
Periodic Census and
Programs
1,447
1,906
3,121
Consolidated
Working Fund
4,461
3,437
3,437
Special Studies
Services and Projects
311
318
318
Total* Personnel
Included in the
Budget
9,451
8,866
10,180
*Includes Permanent and Other Employees.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
(Dollars in thousands)
FY 1978
FY 1977
FY 1977
Subtotal
FY 1978
Program
FY 1978
FY 1976
Enacted
Supplemental
FY 1977
Base
Increases
OMB Request
EOY
EOY
EOY
EOY
EOY
EOY
EOY
Empl.
Amt.
Empl.
Amt.
Empl.
Amt.
Empl.
Amt.
Empl.
Amt.
Empl.
Amt.
Empl.
Amt.
Salaries and Expenses
National economic accounts
186
$4,997
200
$5,381
10
$274
210
$5,655
210
$5,670
210
$5,670
Analysis of business trends
102
2,685
114
3,030
...
114
3,030
114
3,063
13
$293
127
3,356
International economic accounts
115
3,060
104
2,830
...
104
2,830
104
2,842
5
138
109
2,980
General administration
40
1,017
36
1,059
36
1,059
36
1,048
5
315
41
1,363
Subtotal
443
11,759
454
12,300
10
274
464
12,574
464
12,623
23
746
487
13,369
Advances and Reimbursements
71
2,042
97
2,649
...
...
97
2,649
99
2,649
...
99
2,649
Trust Funds
3
65
4
83
4
83
4
83
...
4
83
Total, BEA Resources
517
13,866
555
15,032
10
274
565
15,306
567
15,355
23
746
590
16,101
The Measures of national defense purchases in constant dollars is excluded from this amount pending resolution by OMB.
2/ Requested increase for the Expansion of the environmental studies program.
3/ Requested increase for the Balance of payments methodology and supplement.
Requested increase of $54,000 for General administration and $261,000 for the Expansion of computer facility.
NOTE: EOY employment includes permanent full-time positions and positions other than permanent.
FY 1978 Base does not include anticipated cost of the October 1976 pay increase.