FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

January 28, 2004
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Treasury Names Robert Stein as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomic Analysis

The Treasury Department today announced that Robert Stein was appointed this week as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomic Analysis.  He will be responsible for scrutinizing and reporting on current and prospective economic developments and assisting in the determination of appropriate economic policies.  Mr. Stein originally joined the Treasury Department in January 2003 as a Senior Advisor in the Office of Economic Policy.
 
From January 2001 to January 2003 he was the chief economist for the Senate Budget Committee where he was responsible for evaluating the outlook for the U.S. economy, financial markets, and federal budget, analyzing key economic indicators and events, and estimating budget revenue and surpluses.  Prior to the Senate Budget Committee, he was the staff director of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy (1999-2000).  Before that he was on the staff of Congress’s Joint Economic Committee as an economist, senior economist, and deputy chief economist (1996-1999). 

He holds a B.A. in economics (with honors and distinction) from Georgetown University and a law degree from George Washington University.