Topic: Lawrence Summers

Summers urges aggressive euro zone crisis response

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House aide Lawrence Summers on Sunday urged Europe to take a more aggressive response to the debt crisis sweeping the region and suggested patience with its approach was running thin.In an opinion piece published by Reuters, Summers ...

Summers calls for new boost to economy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House aide Larry Summers on Sunday urged expanded tax cuts on U.S. workers' wages, warning that America's economy was at risk of years of Japan-style stagnation without a further boost.In an opinion piece published by Reuters on ...

Former White House economic chief Summers returning to Harvard

BOSTON (Reuters) - Former White House chief economic advisor Lawrence Summers returns to Harvard University this month to resume teaching and take on a new leadership role, the school said on Wednesday.Summers heads back to the government-focused Harvard Kennedy School after a ...

Obama seen naming new economic adviser in January: official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama likely will announce a replacement for key economic adviser Lawrence Summers by mid-January, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Sunday.Gibbs, appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" program, also said there were no expectations for ...

Obama narrows list of possible Summers successors

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is narrowing its list of possible replacements for outgoing economic adviser Larry Summers to Yale University President Richard Levin, investment banker Roger Altman and U.S. Treasury official Gene Sperling.Levin has met with President Barack Obama to ...
Summers: Tax cut plan will help increase consumer demand, help economyPresident Barack Obama's top economic adviser says targeted tax cuts, more exports and greater spending will help reverse a lack of consumer demand that threatens to constrain the economy "now and for ...
Question: What role has Larry Summers served in the White House? Steven Rattner: I am the self-appointed President of the Larry Summers fan club. Steven Rattner: Tim Geithner is also a terrific public servant and a very smart guy and a clear ...
Larry Summers, the director of President Obama's National Economic Council, will be stepping down from his post " Despite those issues, his position in the Obama White House also gave investors a sense of confidence, in large part due to his past ...
White House says no quick decision expected on a replacement for departing economic adviserThe White House says that naming a successor to President Barack Obama's top economic adviser, Lawrence Summers, is not imminent.Spokesman Robert Gibbs says the White House is considering potential ...

Summers latest member of Obama economic team to quit

The shakeup of President Barack Obama's economic team continued as Lawrence Summers announced he would leave at the end of the year to return to teaching at Harvard University.Summers, seen as one of the main architects of Obama's economic policy, announced plans ...
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