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D. Nathan Sheets

D. Nathan Sheets is an American economist and government official who served as the under secretary of the treasury for international affairs from 2014 to 2017. He has been Global Chief Economist at Citigroup since October 2021.

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D. Nathan Sheets
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
In office
September 18, 2014 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byLael Brainard
Succeeded byDavid Malpass
Personal details
Born (1964-12-23) December 23, 1964
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
EducationBrigham Young University (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)

D. Nathan Sheets is an American economist and government official who served as the under secretary of the treasury for international affairs from 2014 to 2017.1 He has been Global Chief Economist at Citigroup since October 2021.2

Early life and education

In his youth, Sheets was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Fellowship.34

Career

From September 2014 to January 2017, Sheets served as the under secretary of the treasury for international affairs at the Department of the Treasury, serving as the principal advisor to the secretary of the treasury on international economic issues.5 He was nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama on February 12, 2014,6 The United States Senate confirmed him unanimously on September 18, 2014.7 Before working at the United States Department of the Treasury, he worked as the Global Head of International Economics at Citigroup.8 There, he produced economic commentary on current events, and the developing global economy.9 Prior to his years at Citigroup, he worked at the Federal Reserve for 18 years, in many positions, which included serving for nearly four years as the director of the Division of International Finance from September 2007, until August 2011.10 He was a visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics from February to June 2017 and Chief Economist and Head of Global Macroeconomic Research at PGIM Fixed Income from July 2017 to October 2021.1112

Sheets has served as Stake President of the Washington, D.C. Stake for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since March 11, 2018.13

References

References

  1. "Newsroom". Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  2. "Citi Announces Appointment of New Global Chief Economist". Businesswire. August 16, 2021.
  3. "Nathan Sheets". U.S. Chamber of Commerce. March 29, 2016. Archived from the original on February 23, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  4. Finance, United States Congress Senate Committee on (2014). Nominations of D. Nathan Sheets, Ramin Toloui, and Maria Cancian: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, Second Session, on the Nominations of D. Nathan Sheets, to be Under Secretary for International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; Ramin Toloui, to be Assistant Secretary for International Finance, Department of the Treasury; and Maria Cancian, to be Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, June 25, 2014. U.S. Government Publishing Office.
  5. "Front page".
  6. www.whitehouse.gov
  7. "Front page".
  8. Talley, Ian (February 13, 2014). "Who is Nathan Sheets? A Look at U.S. Treasury's Next Top Diplomat". Wall Street Journal.
  9. "Institutional Clients Group".
  10. "Press Release: D. Nathan Sheets, director of the Division of International Finance, steps down after 18 years of service". Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. August 8, 2011.
  11. "Nathan Sheets". March 2, 2016.
  12. "Nathan Sheets joins PGIM Fixed Income". Businesswire. July 17, 2017.
  13. "New stake presidents". LDS Church News. May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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