Obama's economic advisor to step down‎

US President Barack Obama's top economic advisor
Christina Romer is to ‎step down next month



Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=137650§ionid=3510213


Christina Romer, considered to be one of US President Barack Obama's top economic advisers, is set to step down next month, the White House says.

Romer, who chairs the White House Council of Economic Advisors, said in a statement Thursday that she would step down from her post to return to being a professor in California, Reuters reported.

She helped oversee the Obama administration's response to the economic crisis and supported the use of stimulus programs to pull the US economy out of recession, the White House said Thursday.

Obama said in the White House statement that Romer had "provided extraordinary service to me and our country during a time of economic crisis and recovery."

"While Christy's family commitments require that she return home, I'm gratified that she will continue to offer her insights and advice as a member of my Economic Recovery Advisory Board," Obama said.

Romer is the second person to leave Obama's economic team this summer. Peter Orszag, former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, left last month citing personal reasons.