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Lawrence Henry Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist who served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 and as director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010.
Lawrence H. Summers was sworn in as the 71st Secretary of the Treasury in July 1999 after serving as Under Secretary for International Affairs and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
During the past four decades he has served in a series of senior policy positions, 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton, Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama and the Chief Economist of the World Bank.
6 days ago · Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on Monday took aim at the Federal Reserve’s strategy for defeating inflation, while also taking credit for predicting last year that markets and ...
Feb 4, 2022 · Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard’s Charles W. Eliot University Professor, warned last February that additional government stimulus efforts to combat a pandemic slowdown raised the risk of inflation — which hit a 7 percent annual rate in December.
Feb 27, 2023 · Lawrence H. Summers, a force in economic policy for more than 40 years, awarded the 2023 SIEPR Prize. The former Treasury Secretary, director of the White House National Economic Council, and Chief Economist of the World Bank has for decades been helping to guide economic policy. February 27, 2023.
Jun 22, 2024 · Harvard economist and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers fears Trump’s economic proposals and penchant for trade wars could lead to a serious bout of stagflation—the toxic combination of ...
