# Under Secretary for Economic Affairs

**Agency:** Commerce  
**Account:** Salaries and Expenses  
**Source document:** Bureau of Economic Analysis · p. 11  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/commerce/under-secretary-for-economic-affairs  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 7.7 |
| FY2027 | request | 5.3 |

## Commerce discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $7.00B, FY2026 $11.90B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Activity: Under Secretary for Economic Affairs The goal of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs is to advance Commerce initiatives related to economic policy analysis, promoting business and commerce, guiding data-driven decision-making and evidence-building activities, and increasing access to government data while ensuring privacy and confidentiality. The Under Secretary for Economic Affairs ensures that the activities of BEA, the Census Bureau, and other Commerce economic and statistical efforts align with Departmental goals and provides mission-critical services that include program support, policy The Under Secretary for Economic Affairs directly supports the Secretary in conducting policy direction and oversight responsibilities of the Department's economic and statistical analysis programs. The Under Secretary leads oversight activities of Commerce's statistical programs on high-priority management, budget, employment, and risk management issues by integrating such work with the priorities and requirements of the Department and other government entities. The Under Secretary also coordinates economic analysis needs across Commerce, leads Departmental initiatives involving the promotion of domestic business and commerce and programs related to data, data policy, and data management. The FY 2027 request for the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, funds activities to advance data-driven decision- making and evidence-building activities, promote open government data while ensuring confidential information protection and statistical efficiency, promote business and commerce, and coordinate Departmental initiatives using data to conduct economic analysis and perform effective evaluation of government programs.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Commerce › Bureau of Economic Analysis › Salaries and Expenses › Under Secretary for Economic Affairs


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*