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Examples of such ministries include: *Afghanistan: Ministry of Economy (Afghanistan) *Albania: Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Entrepreneurship (Albania) *Argentina: Minister of Economy of Argentina *Austria: Ministry of Economy (Austria) *Belarus: Ministry of Economy *Benin: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Benin) *Bulgaria: Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism (Bulgaria) *Bhutan: Ministry of Economic Affairs (Bhutan) *Brazil: Ministry of Economy (Brazil) *Cambodia: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Cambodia) *Chile:

Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism The Ministry for the Economy, Development, and Tourism () is a Chilean state ministry in charge of planning and executing the flow of policies and projects of the Chilean government. The ministry aims to generate feasible and sustainable econom ...

*Croatia: Ministry of Economy (Croatia) *Denmark:

Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs (Denmark) The Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs () is a List of Danish government ministries, Danish ministry focused on business policy and economic growth. As of 2022, Morten Bødskov is its minister. Within the Danish government, the ...

*Dominican Republic: Ministry of Economy (Dominican Republic) *Estonia: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications *Finland: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (Finland) *France:

Ministry of the Economy and Finance (France) The Ministry of Economics, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty (, pronounced ), informally referred to as Bercy, is one of the most important ministries in the Government of France. Its minister is one of the most prominent cabinet me ...

*Georgia: Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (Georgia) *Germany: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy * Greece: Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greece) *Guatemala: Ministry of Economy (Guatemala) *Iran:

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Iran) The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance's functions are: *Manage the Iranian treasury department, *Lending by the government to banks in Iran, *Regulation of Iran's economy and its financial policy, *implementing & enforcing labor and t ...

*Israel: Ministry of Economy *Italy:

Ministry of Economy and Finance (Italy) The Ministry of Economy and Finance (), also known by the acronym MEF, is a ministry of the Italian government. Its responsibilities include overseeing economic policy, public investments and spending. The Ministry's headquarters are located in R ...

*Japan:

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry The , METI for short, is a ministry of the Government of Japan. It was created by the 2001 Central Government Reform when the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) merged with agencies from other ministries related to economic acti ...

*Kazakhstan: Ministry of National Economy (Kazakhstan) *Latvia:

Ministry of Economics (Latvia) The Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia () is the leading state administrative institution responsible for Economy of Latvia, economic policy in Latvia. The ministry also represents the economic interests of Latvia in the European Uni ...

*Lithuania: Ministry of Economy (Lithuania) *Malaysia: Ministry of Economic Affairs *Malta: Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business *Moldova: Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure (Moldova) *Netherlands:

Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands) The Ministry of Economic Affairs (; EZ) is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for international trade, commercial, industrial, investment, technology, space policy, as well as tourism. The Ministry was created in 1905 as the Ministry of Ag ...

*Peru: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru) *Poland:

Ministry of Economy (Poland) Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Poland () was a Ministry (collective executive), ministry dealing with economy of Republic of Poland. Created in 1997 from reforms and mergers of other ministries, it has gone through several name changes ...

*Portugal: Ministry of Economy (Portugal) *Romania: Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business Environment (Romania) *Saudi Arabia: Ministry of Economy and Planning *South Korea:

Ministry of Economy and Finance (South Korea) The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF; ) oversees the financial policies of the South Korean government. It publishes a monthly report on the national economy, known as the "Green Book." The current minister is Choi San-mok. The headquarters ...

*Spain: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Spain) *Syria: Ministry of Economy and Trade (Syria) *Tanzania: Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (Tanzania) *Taiwan:

Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan) The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA; ) is the ministry of the Republic of China (Taiwan) responsible for formulating policy and laws for industry and trade, foreign direct investment, energy, minerals, measurement standards, intellectual prope ...

*Turkey: Ministry of Economy (Turkey) *Ukraine: Ministry of Economy (Ukraine) *United Kingdom:

HM Treasury His Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury or HMT), and informally referred to as the Treasury, is the Government of the United Kingdom’s economic and finance ministry. The Treasury is responsible for public spending, financial services policy, Tax ...

*USA:

United States Department of Commerce The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for gathering data for business and governmental decision making, establishing industrial standards, catalyzing econ ...

*Uzbekistan: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Uzbekistan) *Zimbabwe: Ministry of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion (Zimbabwe)

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