Jonathan Weisman and Deborah Solomon report that Obama plans to make his economic appointments quickly. Obama Turns to Building Leadership Team:
In contention for Treasury:
...contenders include Lawrence Summers, a Harvard University economist who served in the same position in the Clinton administration; New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy Geithner; former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker; and Robert Rubin, another former Clinton Treasury secretary and director and senior counselor of Citigroup Inc.... Mr. Volcker has been one of Mr. Obama's closest advisers on the financial crisis, but is reluctant to take the job of Treasury secretary, people close to the campaign say.
The new administration is considering an advisory board on financial market regulation:
Obama advisers say the new president is likely to name a White House advisory board to oversee the remaking of the financial industry's regulatory structure, which Mr. Volcker could serve as chairman of instead.
...and for the Council of Economic Advisors and the National Economic Council:
...University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee and economic policy coordinator Jason Furman. Mr. Goolsbee is expected to head the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Mr. Furman is expected to be at the White House National Economic Council.
The National Economic Council was set up in the Clinton Administration to coordinate economic policy-making and implementation (The National Economic Council: A Work in Progress).
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