Debt and government spending are firmly at the top of the new Congress’s agenda. And just the threat that the U.S. wouldn’t pay its bills has traders worried and wondering if the U.S. could end up on the same chaotic economic p…
They may not make headlines, but the folks on this list of key corporate execs will likely have an outsize impact across all sectors of American business in 2011 — from TV and household products to fast food and social network…
In theory, the role of the director of the White House National Economic Council is to present the president with an unbiased range of economic opinions. Larry Summers didn’t do that — he promoted his own views instead. But wh…
After the midterm elections in November, Summers is expected to relinquish his role as President Obama’s National Economic Council director and return to Harvard University.
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Speaking at a White House press conference, President Obama named Austan Goolsbee as his new top economic adviser. He has a “deep appreciation of how the economy affects everyday people,” Obama said.
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