(2018-0275-F) Weekly Economic Briefings

235 folders, approximately 5,845 pages

This collection consists of Weekly Economic Briefings prepared for President Clinton by the Council of Economic Advisers with the assistance of the Office of the Vice President. The briefings contain advice and analysis on national and international macroeconomic trends from the White House’s professional economists. The briefings responsive to this case date from 1993 to 2000.

The materials in FOIA 2018-0275-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This collection contains Weekly Economic Briefings prepared for President Clinton by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) with the assistance of the Office of the Vice President. The briefings responsive to this case date from 1993 to 2000. Researchers can view additional Weekly Economic Briefings in the records of Janet Yellen (2013-0723-F). Early in the Administration, CEA Chair Laura Tyson initiated the process of submitting these Weekly Economic Briefings to President Clinton. In these briefings, the White House’s professional economists provided advice and analysis on national and international macroeconomic trends. The CEA did not create the Weekly Economic Briefing at certain times, such as during the holidays, the President’s foreign travel, and staff vacations. Noted examples of dates with no briefings include: 11/26/1993, 12/24/1993, 12/31/1993, 1/14/1994, and 4/1/1994. Weekly Economic Briefings in the WHORM Subject Files and the WHORM CF Files frequently contain annotated remarks and backwards checkmarks from President Clinton. Staff and Office folders supplement the WHORM Files to provide a more complete account of the various dated versions of the Weekly Economic Briefings. George Stephanopoulos’s Chief of Staff files contain Weekly Economic Briefings with the following dates: 3/29/1996, 4/5/1996, and 5/15/1995. Martin Baily’s Council of Economic Advisers files contain briefings from July 1999 to February 2000. Michael LeBlanc’s CEA files contain briefings which date from June 1998 to June 2000. The National Economic Council (NEC) files of Sylvia Mathews contain briefings which date from October 1993 to December 1993. In addition to the October 1993-1994 briefings listed below, Gene Sperling’s NEC files contain briefings dating from September 1999 to October 2000. Laura Tyson’s NEC files date from January 1995 to December 1995.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files; Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files CF; and Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files. The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series created to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Alpha file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management from 1993 – 1996 and is a series of documents arranged by name of persons, organizations, or events. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/number combination. In addition, there are WHORM, WHORM Counsel, WHORM (CL), WHORM (OP), WHORM (Too Late); WHORM (Various Offices); and WHORM (Alpha Project) series. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. WHORM files are processed at the document level; whereas, Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. FOIA 2018-0275-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: BE Business - Economics FG006-12 Council of Economic Advisors FG026 Department of Education.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist, 2018 and 2019. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2018-0275-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number Report Date
BE 039462SS 10/08/1993
BE 040256SS 10/15/1993
BE 040387SS 10/01/1993
Category Case Number Report Date
BE 041163SS 09/24/1993
BE 041621SS 10/22/1993
BE 041976SS 10/29/1993
BE 043919SS 11/12/1993
BE 044726SS 11/19/1993
BE 046034SS 12/03/1993
BE 046814SS 12/10/1993
BE 047468SS 12/17/1993
BE 049708SS 01/07/1994
BE 050857SS 01/21/1994
BE 051740SS 01/28/1994
BE 053064SS 02/11/1994
BE 053819SS 02/18/1994
BE 054415SS 02/25/1994
BE 055254SS 03/04/1994
BE 055831SS 03/11/1994
BE 056649SS 03/18/1994
BE 057487SS 03/25/1994
BE 059210SS 04/08/1994
BE 061127SS 04/22/1994
BE 061766SS 04/29/1994
BE 062159SS 04/01/1994
BE 062844SS 05/06/1994
BE 063711SS 05/13/1994
BE 066977SS 06/10/1994
BE 067391SS 05/27/1994
BE 067770SS 06/17/1994
BE 068711SS 06/24/1994
BE 069600SS 07/01/1994
BE 070676SS 07/15/1994
BE 071428SS 07/22/1994
BE 074059SS 07/29/1994
BE 074169SS 08/12/1994
BE 074411SS 08/05/1994
BE 077709SS 09/12/1994
BE 079714SS 09/26/1994
BE 080329SS 09/19/1994
BE 080681SS 10/03/1994
BE 082813SS 10/17/1994
BE 083853SS 10/24/1994
BE 084864SS 10/31/1994
Box 2
BE 087189SS 11/21/1994
BE 088149SS 11/28/1994
BE 088849SS 12/05/1994
BE 089680SS 12/12/1994
Category Case Number Report Date
BE 090440SS 12/19/1994
BE 093643SS 01/16/1995
BE 097137SS 02/10/1995
BE 098183SS 02/21/1995
BE 098772SS 02/27/1995
BE 101183SS 03/13/1995
BE 102198SS 03/20/1995
BE 105289SS 04/10/1995
BE 106215SS 04/17/1995
BE 107169SS 04/24/1995
BE 108380SS 05/01/1995
BE 110702SS 05/15/1995
BE 112554SS 05/22/1995
BE 112663SS 05/30/1995
BE 115008SS 06/12/1995
BE 115743SS 06/19/1995
BE 117009SS 06/22/1995
BE 118486SS 06/29/1995
BE 120514SS 07/14/1995
BE 121684SS 07/21/1995
BE 123272SS 07/28/1995
BE 124606SS 08/04/1995
BE 125612SS 08/11/1995
BE 129475SS 09/08/1995
BE 132562SS 09/29/1995
BE 133613SS 10/06/1995
BE 134425SS 10/13/1995
BE 135582SS 10/20/1995
BE 136599SS 10/27/1995
BE 139564SS 11/24/1995
BE 141311SS 12/01/1995
BE 142303SS 12/08/1995
BE 143778SS 12/15/1995
BE 145851SS 01/05/1996
BE 146975SS 01/19/1996
BE 149548SS 02/02/1996
BE 151539SS 02/16/1996
BE 152335SS 02/23/1996
BE 153949SS 03/01/1996
BE 156228SS 03/15/1996
BE 157875SS 03/22/1996
BE 158903SS 03/29/1996
Box 3
BE 160212SS 04/05/1996
BE 161259SS 04/12/1996
BE 162340SS 04/19/1996
Category Case Number Report Date
BE 163641SS 04/26/1996
BE 164772SS 05/03/1996
BE 166027SS 05/10/1996
BE 168321SS 05/17/1996
BE 168368SS 05/24/1996
BE 169341SS 05/31/1996
BE 170510SS 06/07/1996
BE 171698SS 06/14/1996
BE 172833SS 06/21/1996
BE 174360SS 06/28/1996
BE 175813SS 07/12/1996
BE 177190SS 07/19/1996
BE 178283SS 07/26/1996
BE 179521SS 08/02/1996
BE 182965SS 08/23/1996
BE 184634SS 09/06/1996
BE 185608SS 09/13/1996
BE 186823SS 09/20/1996
BE 187849SS 09/27/1996
BE ` 189100SS 10/04/1996
BE 190238SS 10/11/1996
BE 190964SS 10/18/1996
BE 191794SS 10/25/1996
BE 192782SS 11/01/1996
BE 193622SS 11/08/1996
BE 194162SS 11/15/1996
BE 195094SS 11/22/1996
BE 196449SS 12/06/1996
BE 197408SS 12/13/1996
BE 198310SS 12/20/1996
BE 200534SS 01/10/1997
BE 202404SS 01/24/1997
BE 204328SS 02/07/1997
BE 205521SS 02/14/1997
BE 206481SS 02/21/1997
BE 216017SS 04/25/1997
Box 4
BE 312619SS 07/30/1999
BE 313458SS 08/06/1999
BE 316981SS 09/10/1999
BE 317508SS 09/17/1999
BE 318330SS 09/24/1999
BE 402503 10/15/1999
BE 402589 10/22/1999
BE 402690 10/29/1999
BE 402781 11/05/1999
Category Case Number Report Date
BE 404921 11/12/1999
BE 404981 11/19/1999
BE 405593 12/10/1999
BE 405683 12/17/1999
BE 405873 01/07/2000
BE 405958 01/14/2000
BE 406161 02/04/2000
BE 406249 02/11/2000
BE 406340 02/18/2000
BE 406410 02/25/2000
BE 412301 03/03/2000
BE 412403 03/10/2000
BE 412484 03/17/2000
BE 412577 03/24/2000
BE 412627 03/31/2000
BE 412727 04/07/2000
BE 417034 07/14/2000
BE 417319 04/14/2000
BE 417402 04/21/2000
BE 417471 04/28/2000
BE 417550 05/05/2000
BE 417629 05/12/2000
BE 417709 05/19/2000
BE 420603 05/26/2000
BE 420697 06/02/2000
BE 420783 06/09/2000
BE 420862 06/16/2000
BE 420961 06/23/2000
BE 421137 07/07/2000
BE 425288 07/21/2000
BE 425383 07/28/2000
BE 425484 08/04/2000
BE 426115 08/18/2000
BE 426310 09/08/2000
Box 5
BE 428018 09/22/2000
BE 428100 09/29/2000
BE 428209 10/06/2000
BE 428348 10/13/2000
BE 430081 10/27/2000
BE 430292 11/10/2000
BE 430387 11/17/2000
BE 430470 12/01/2000
FG006-12 257553 1993-1998 Special Edition
FG026 201688SS 01/10/1997
Box 6
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File CF
Category Case Number Report Date
BE 060098SS 03/15/1994
BE 082253SS 10/11/1994
BE 094377SS 01/23/1995
BE 099899SS 03/06/1995
BE 102940SS 03/27/1995
BE 104401SS 04/03/1995
BE 113535SS 06/05/1995
BE 121961 07/21/1995
BE 122549 06/19/1995
BE 130349SS 09/15/1995
BE 131408SS 09/22/1995
BE 137893SS 11/03/1995
BE 138922SS 11/11/1995
BE 146539SS 12/30/1995
BE 155166SS 03/08/1996
BE 180739SS 08/09/1996
BE 314102SS 08/13/1999
BE 400094 10/01/1999
BE 400174 10/08/1999
BE 426432 09/15/2000
Box 7
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Chief of Staff
Stephanopoulos, George
Weekly Economic Briefing of the President [OA/ID 6918]
Council of Economic Advisers
Baily, Martin
Weekly Economic Briefing (Seen By President) [1] [OA/ID 20965]
Weekly Economic Briefing (Seen By President) [2] [OA/ID 20965]
Weekly Economic Briefing (Seen By President) [3] [OA/ID 20965]
Weekly Economic Briefing (Seen By President) [4] [OA/ID 20965]
LeBlanc, Michael
[Weekly Economic Briefings of the President] [Folder 1] [Loose] [OA/ID 20926]
[Weekly Economic Briefings of the President] [Folder 2] [1] [Loose][OA/ID 20926]
[Weekly Economic Briefings of the President] [Folder 2] [2] [Loose][OA/ID 20926]
[Weekly Economic Briefings of the President] [Folder 2] [3] [Loose][OA/ID 20926]
Box 8
[Weekly Economic Briefings of the President] [Folder 2] [4] [Loose][OA/ID 20926]
[Weekly Economic Briefings of the President] [Folder 2] [5] [Loose][OA/ID 20926]
[Weekly Economic Briefings of the President] [Folder 2] [6] [Loose][OA/ID 20926]
[Weekly Economic Briefings of the President] [Folder 2] [7] [Loose][OA/ID 20926]
[Weekly Economic Briefings of the President] [Folder 2] [8] [Loose][OA/ID 20926]
[Weekly Economic Briefings of the President] [Folder 2] [9] [Loose][OA/ID 20926]
Box 9
National Economic Council
Mathews, Sylvia
[Weekly Economic Briefing] [OA/ID 8276]
Sperling, Gene
[Weekly Economic Briefing] [1] [OA/ID 20714]
[Weekly Economic Briefing] [2] [OA/ID 20714]
[Weekly Economic Briefing] [3] [OA/ID 20714]
[Weekly Economic Briefing] [4] [OA/ID 20714]
[Weekly Economic Briefing] [5] [OA/ID 20714]
[Weekly Economic Briefing] [6] [OA/ID 20714]
[Weekly Economic Report October 1 1993 – October 24 1994] [1] [OA/ID 6718]
[Weekly Economic Report October 1 1993 – October 24 1994] [2] [OA/ID 6718]
Box 10
[Weekly Economic Report October 1 1993 – October 24 1994] [3] [OA/ID 6718]
[Weekly Economic Report October 1 1993 – October 24 1994] [4] [OA/ID 6718]
[Weekly Economic Report October 1 1993 – October 24 1994] [5] [OA/ID 6718]
Tyson, Laura D’Andrea
[Weekly Economic Briefing 1995] [1] [OA/ID 8926]
[Weekly Economic Briefing 1995] [2] [OA/ID 8926]
[Weekly Economic Briefing 1995] [3] [OA/ID 8926]
[Weekly Economic Briefing 1995] [4] [OA/ID 8926]
[Weekly Economic Briefing 1995] [5] [OA/ID 8926]
[Weekly Economic Briefing 1995] [6] [OA/ID 8926]