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Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... Patton Did current US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (under Biden's administration) just call former US Secretary Lawrence Summers (under Clinton's) a coward? I refer of course to Madame Yellen's defence of President Biden's ginormous US$1.9 trillion ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... for the position after the other leading candidate, former Treasury secretary and White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers, withdrew from consideration amid mounting opposition from Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee - reinforced by his close ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... been even deadlier and would have claimed even more communities. White House National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers was correct when he said, ''If there was ever a moment to transcend politics, this is that moment.'

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
In a weekend interview on ABC Television, US National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers said "We'll see what happens" and "We'll do what's necessary." This is one of the reasons why I've turned. For once, I believe the powers that be. There ...
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