Phillip Swagel
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Phillip Lee "Phill" Swagel[1] (born June 8, 1966)[2] is an American economist who is currently the director of the Congressional Budget Office. As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy from 2006 to 2009, he played an important role in the Troubled Asset Relief Program that was part of the U.S. government's response to the financial crisis of 2007–08. He was recently a Professor in International Economics at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, a non-resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, senior fellow at the Milken Institute, and co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative.
Phil Swagel | |
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10th Director of the Congressional Budget Office | |
Assumed office June 3, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Keith Hall |
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy | |
In office December 11, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Mark Warshawsky |
Succeeded by | Alan B. Krueger |
Personal details | |
Born | (1966-06-08) June 8, 1966 (age 57) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Judith K. Hellerstein |
Children | 3 |
Education | Princeton University (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
Educated at Princeton University and Harvard University, Swagel has taught economics at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, in addition to Maryland. He has also worked at the Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund, and the White House Council of Economic Advisors.