Mankiw to Chair CEA.

• Position: Bureau News - National Bureau of Economic Research - N. Gregory Mankiw - United States Council of Economic Advisers - Brief Article

NBER Research Associate N. Gregory Mankiw, Director of the National Bureau's Program of Research on Monetary Economics, has been nominated by President Bush to become Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. His appointment requires Senate confirmation. Mankiw replaces NBER Research Associate R. Glenn Hubbard, who will be returning to Columbia University.

Mankiw is the Allie S. Freed Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He received his A.B. from Princeton University and his Ph.D. from MIT. His NBER affiliation began in 1985, and he has twice served as Director of the NBER's Monetary Economics Program. Mankiw also edited...