Citigroup’s top economist tapped for Treasury post
Citigroup chief economist Lewis Alexander to become counselor to Treasury Secretary Geithner
Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer
Tuesday March 17, 2009, 8:32 pm EDT
Citigroup’s chief economist is being tapped for a job at the short-staffed Treasury Department, which is at the center of the Obama administration’s efforts to battle the financial crisis.
Lewis Alexander will become a counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, according to a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement has not been made. Alexander will work on domestic finance matters, the official said.
Alexander had worked at the Federal Reserve and also served as the Commerce Department’s chief economist in the 1990s.
