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| post           = United States<br />Under Secretary of Commerce<br />for Economic Affairs
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| incumbent      = Oliver Wise
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| incumbentsince = February 2, 2024
| formation      = June 16, 1982
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| website        = {{url|www.commerce.gov/bureaus-and-offices/ousea|Official website}}
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The '''Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs''', or '''OUSEA''', is a high-ranking official in the [[United States Department of Commerce]] that serves as the principal adviser to the [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] on economic analysis. 

The Under Secretary is appointed by the [[president of the United States]] and [[advice and consent|confirmed]] by the [[United States Senate]] to serve at the pleasure of the president. In October 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated [[Jed Kolko]] to be Under Secretary. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on April 7, 2022, and sworn in on April 19.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1221 |title=PN1221 - Nomination of Jed David Kolko for Department of Commerce, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |website=Congress.gov |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2022-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1538 |title=PN1538 - Nomination of Jed David Kolko for Department of Commerce, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |website=Congress.gov |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2022-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=SecRaimondo |first=Gina |last=Raimondo |number=1516527242159042569 |title=Jed Kolko is an accomplished economist with the ability to transform data into research that is both accessible & actionable |access-date=2022-04-25}}</ref> Kolko resigned in February 2024 and was succeeded by acting under secretary Oliver Wise.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=JedKolko |number=1753044319965987184 |title=Personal jobs report! Tomorrow is my last day at @CommerceGov. I am so grateful to @POTUS and @SecRaimondo for the chance to serve as Under Secretary for Economic Affairs. My colleagues at Team OUSEA,@uscensusbureau, and @BEA_News inspired me every day. Thank you!}}</ref>

==Overview==
As the principal element of the Commerce Department for economic affairs, the Under Secretary provides timely economic analysis and disseminates national economic indicators. The Under Secretary serves as the Department's representative to the president's [[Council of Economic Advisers]], interagency panels on economic issues, and other government agencies concerned with economic matters. The Under Secretary's principal responsibilities include: economic forecasting, consultation with the private sector on economic and broad economic sectoral developments, and policy analysis and development in the areas of economic policy.

The Under Secretary oversees the [[United States Census Bureau]] and the [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]]. These two statistical agencies gather, calculate, and disseminate much demographic, social and economic data including reports on the nation's gross domestic product, retail sales, personal income, housing starts, inventory levels and international trade.<ref name="a">{{cite web | title=Under Secretary - Economics and Statistics Administration |url=https://www.esa.doc.gov/under_secretary.cfm | access-date= September 22, 2007 }}</ref>

With the rank of ''Under Secretary'', the USC(EA) is a Level III position within the [[Executive Schedule]]. Since January 2010, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $165,300.

==History==
The position was created by an Act of [[United States Congress|Congress]] on June 16, 1982.<ref>{{cite web | title=US CODE: Title 15,1503a. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs | url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1503a- | access-date= September 22, 2007 }}</ref> The Under Secretary for Economic Affairs is fourth in the line of succession for Secretary of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web | title=Executive Order on Succession at the Department of Commerce | url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011229-3.html | access-date= September 22, 2007 }}</ref>

==List of officeholders==
{{Incomplete list|date=January 2023}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:40%;"| Name
! style="width:20%;"| Assumed office 
! style="width:20%;" data-sort- type="date"| Left office
! style="width:20%;"| Appointed by
|-
| Robert G. Dederick <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-robert-dederick-obituary-20160125-story.html|title = Robert Dederick, undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs, dies at 86|website = [[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>
| 1982
| 1983
| rowspan="2" | [[Ronald Reagan]] 
|-
| [[Sidney L. Jones]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/guides/findingaid/jonesspapers.asp|title=Sidney L. Jones Papers|publisher=[[Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum]]|access-date=Sep 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/29/business/commerce-s-new-economist-sidney-jones-the-man-behind-all-those-numbers.html|title=COMMERCE'S NEW ECONOMIST: SIDNEY JONES; THE MAN BEHIND ALL THOSE NUMBERS|last=Farnsworth|first=Clyde H.|date=1984-01-29|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-12-12}}</ref> 
| October 3, 1983
| November 1985
|-
| [[Cynthia Glassman]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Pan |first=Jock |date=2010 |title=The United States Outer Executive Departments}}</ref>
| October 5, 2006
| January 20, 2009
| [[George W. Bush]] 
|-
|[[File:Rebecca Blank official portrait.jpg|100px]]<br />[[Rebecca Blank]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://2010-2014.commerce.gov/blog/2009/06/09/dr-rebecca-blank-sworn-under-secretary-economic-affairs-top-advisor-secretary-locke.html|title=Dr. Rebecca Blank Sworn In as Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Top Advisor to Secretary Locke {{!}} Department of Commerce|website=2010-2014.commerce.gov|access-date=2016-12-12}}</ref>
| June 9, 2009
| March 29, 2012
| rowspan="4" | [[Barack Obama]] 
|-
| [[File:Mark Doms Official Portrait 03-11-2013.jpeg|100px]]<br />[[Mark Doms]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.commerce.gov/directory/markdoms |title=Dr. Mark Doms |access-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
| January 3, 2013
| September 18, 2015
|- style="background:gold"
| [[Justin Antonipillai]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esa.doc.gov/content/counselor |title=Justin Antonipillai |access-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref> {{small|(Acting)}}
| January 2016
| December 2016
|- style="background:gold"
| [[Brad Burke]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://medium.com/@ESAgov/brad-burke-and-jeff-chen-driving-the-commerce-data-mission-forward-163e343b0a37 |title=Brad Burke |access-date=June 12, 2017}}</ref> {{small|(Acting)}}
| December 2016
| August 2, 2017 
|-
| [[File:Karen Dunn Kelley official photo.jpg|100px]]<br />[[Karen Dunn Kelley]]
| August 2, 2017
| November 18, 2018
| rowspan=2 | [[Donald Trump]] 
|- style="background:gold"
| Brian C. Moyer {{small|(Acting)}}
| November 18, 2018
| March 2020
|-
| [[File:Jed Kolko, Under Secretary of Commerce.jpg|100px]]<br>[[Jed Kolko]]
| April 19, 2022
| February 2, 2024
| rowspan=2 | [[Joe Biden]]
|- style="background:gold"
| Oliver Wise {{small|(Acting)}}
| February 2, 2024
| ''Incumbent''
|}

==Reporting Officials==
Officials reporting to the Under Secretary include:
*Chief Economist
*Director, [[Bureau of the Census]]
*Director, [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]]

==References==
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