WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Paul Volcker, who as U.S. Federal Reserve Board chairman tamed stagflation, will bring extensive monetary policy experience to his new White House post.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday picked Peter Orszag to head the Office of Management and Budget, saying the economic crisis requires "ingenuity."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers will tap experience in shaping world economic polices in his new White House role.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, brings his experience in formulating monetary policy to the U.S. treasury secretary post.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Monday announced part of his economic team: Timothy Geitner for treasury and Larry Summers as chief economic adviser.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers is U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's pick for White House economic adviser, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- New York Federal Reserve Bank chief Timothy Geithner is President-elect Barack Obama's Treasury secretary pick, a person close to the transition team said.
CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama, knowing the urgency facing the United States, is working quickly to name his treasury secretary, observers said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- If Sen. Barack Obama wins the presidency, observers expect a quick transition with a new treasury secretary and White House chief of staff named within days.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A critical, but murky aspect of the $700 billion financial bailout plan under debate in Washington is choosing a successor for the plan's designer.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Congressional members said they are considering possibly creating a new U.S. agency to buy bad debt considered to be the center of Wall Street's woes.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Economists predict a U.S. economic recession next year, despite decent consumer spending in the face of credit and housing woes, and high energy prices.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Harvard University's 28th president was sworn in with a three centuries-old ceremony replete with keys, seals and charter in Cambridge, Mass.
LONDON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warns the United States may be heading into recession, a British newspaper reported.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Two former U.S. Treasury secretaries have accepted positions with two of the nation's largest hedge funds, it was reported. John Snow and Lawrence Summers take top positions in the lightly regulated industry at a time of growing federal concern about the