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IMF任命新首席经济学家

A former economic adviser to US president BarackObama and advocate of fiscal integration in theeurozone has been appointed as the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist.

美国总统巴拉克攠巴马(Barack Obama)的前经济顾问、欧元区财政一体化的倡导者已被任命为国际货币基金组织(IMF)首席经济学家。

Maurice Obstfeld will replace Olivier Blanchard in early September after spending a year advisingMr Obama. A former head of the economics department at the University of California, Berkeley,Mr Obstfeld is known for his views on the need for more eurozone integration, the dangers ofimbalances in trade and investment, and the importance of strengthening global economicgovernance.

在担任奥巴马经济顾问一年后，莫里斯攠布斯特费尔德(Maurice Obstfeld)将于今年9月初接替奥利维耶布朗夏尔(Olivier Blanchard)出任IMF首席经济学家。奥布斯特费尔德曾是美国加州大学伯克利分校(University ofCalifornia, Berkeley)经济系的一名负责人。他以有关加深欧元区一体化的必要性、贸易和投资不平衡的危害、以及加强全球经济治理的重要性等观点而闻名。

Such convictions are bound to shape the IMF’s thinking as it reassesses its role in the Greeksovereign debt crisis and stands ready to provide assistance to emerging markets as the USFederal Reserve edges closer to raising interest rates. “He is known around the globe for hiswork on international economics and is considered one of the most influentialmacroeconomists in the world, said Christine Lagarde, the fund’s chief.