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WASHINGTON — Citigroup chief economist Lewis Alexander is being tapped for a job at the short-staffed Treasury Department. He will become a counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, according to a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement has not been made.
Alexander will work on domestic finance matters, the official said. He worked at the Federal Reserve and also served as the Commerce Department’s chief economist in the 1990s. The Associated Press
