Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs

The Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Economic Affairs reports to the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research and is delegated the responsibility for: providing economic analyses and intelligence for the use of the Department; analyzing the economic and financial aspects of legislative proposals and the Department's programs and policies; assessing costs of alternative solutions to housing and mortgage finance problems; analyzing areas of national housing needs, as well as their interrelationships with Departmental and Federal programs and the national economy. The DAS for Economic Affairs provides policy guidance, supervisory and technical control over five divisions: Economic Market Analysis Division; Housing and Demographic Analysis Division; Housing Finance Analysis Division; Program Parameters and Research Division; and Public Finance and Regulatory Analysis Division. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES As DAS, the incumbent is the principal advisor to the Assista