Cecilia Rouse Confirmed as Chair of President Biden's Council of Economic Advisers.

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The US Senate on February 2 confirmed Cecilia Rouse, an active member of the NBER community for the past three decades, as chair of President Biden's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Rouse was an NBER Research Associate from 1992 until 2014 and a member of the NBER Board of Directors from 2014 until her resignation following her confirmation. Her nomination won overwhelming bipartisan support, passing by a vote of 95-4.

At the time of her nomination by the President, Rouse was dean of Princeton University's School of Public...