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Goolsbee’s wife works at firm that helped pick him for Fed job

WASHINGTON — The search firm hired by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to help find a new president includes among its executives the wife of Austan Goolsbee, the person ultimately picked for the role.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2023

Ex-Obama adviser Goolsbee to lead Chicago Fed

Austan Goolsbee, an economics professor at the University of Chicago who is a frequent commentator in opinion columns and television appearances, will succeed Charles Evans.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 1, 2022

Chicago Fed names ex-Obamba adviser Goolsbee as next leader

Austan Goolsbee, who was a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, has been chosen as the next president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the regional Fed bank announced

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022