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The Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for three of President Obama’s nominations: Alan B. Krueger to be a member of the Council of Economic Advis…

President Obama named Alan Krueger to replace Austan Goolsbee as his administration’s chief economic adviser. In his remarks the president also spoke briefly about response to Hurricane Iren…

The Center for American Progress held a forum on U.S. job creation. John Podesta and Robert Rubin made opening remarks. David Autor presented the findings of his report, “The Polarization of…

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who serve on the Board of Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, released a new …

Economists and scholars spoke about economic and fiscal policy in the first year of the Obama administration. Among the issues they addressed were the economic recession, actions taken by th…