Chief economist is a single-position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis.
It is distinguished from the other economist positions by the broader scope of responsibility encompassing the planning, supervision, and coordination of the economic research.
By the 2010s, the chief economist position was established at large internet companies such as Google and Microsoft.
[3] This role is primarily focused on advising around the application of EU competition rules and providing input to legal cases before the European Courts.
[3] In Kenya, as of 1998[update],[nt 1] the role of chief economist was expressed as "Chief Economist/Statistician" and resided in the Ministry of Planning and National Development, one responsibility of which was to lead "a planning department or the Central Bureau of Statistics".