More NBER researchers Head to service in Washington.

• Position: Bureau News - Richard H. Clarida - Brief Article

Richard H. Clarida, an NBER Research Associate in the Programs in "International Finance and Macroeconomics" and "International Trade and Investment," has been nominated to become assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy. His appointment requires Senate confirmation.

Clarida is currently chairman of the economics department at Columbia University. He was on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Reagan administration and has served as a consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and as a visiting scholar with the International Monetary Fund.

Kristin J. Forbes, an NBER Faculty Research Fellow in the International Finance and Macroeconomics Program, also has taken a leave from her duties at MIT for a position in Washington. She becomes Deputy Assistant Secretary for Quantitative Policy Analysis in the International Affairs Division of the U.S. Treasury. In that position, she will report to former NBER Research Associate John Taylor.

Three other NBER researchers recently joined the staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a Research Associate in the...