 Nowadays the position is called (with exceptions) "Ministre de l'Économie et des Finances" (Minister of the Economy and Finance).The responsibilities of the Controller-General were the most extensive of all the administrative positions of the Ancien Régime.According to the official description of 1665, the Controller-General had the power "to report in our Counsel of all affairs which are of concern to our service and of any others" ("faire rapport en notre Conseil de toutes les affaires qui concerneront notre service et de toutes autres indifféremment").