Obama to formally announce Treasury pick on Monday

　　U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will formally announce Timothy Geithner as his choice for treasury secretary on Monday, Obama's aides said Saturday.

　　He will also name former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers as director of the White House National Economic Council, U.S. media quoted the aides as saying.

　　Obama is scheduled to hold a press conference in Chicago on Monday morning to make the announcement. Both Geithner and Summerswill be present.

　　Geithner, 47, is currently president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

　　Born in New York, he attended Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.

　　He has studied Japanese and Chinese and has lived in Zimbabwe, India, Thailand, Japan and China.

　　After completing his studies, Geithner worked for Kissinger and Associates in Washington and then joined the Treasury Department in 1988.

　　He was Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairsfrom 1998 to 2001.

　　In October 2003, he was named president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

　　Geithner has rich experience both in Washington and on Wall Street. He was also closely involved in the U.S. government's response to the financial turmoil.

　　The news of Geithner's possible nomination as the new treasury secretary was well received by investors, who hope he will restoremarket confidence.

　　Summers, 53, was treasury secretary under former president Bill Clinton.

　　美國當選總統奧巴馬的過渡團隊２２日對媒體透露，奧巴馬將在２４日正式提名現任美國聯邦儲備委員會成員、紐約聯邦儲備銀行行長蒂莫西·蓋特納為新政府財政部長。

　　此外，奧巴馬還將提名曾在美國前總統克林頓政府中任財長的勞倫斯·薩默斯為白宮國家經濟委員會主任。據悉，奧巴馬２４日上午將在芝加哥召開新聞發布會宣布這兩項提名。屆時，蓋特納和薩默斯均將出席。

　　蓋特納現年４７歲，先后就讀于美國達特茅斯學院和約翰斯·霍普金斯大學，并學習過中文和日語，早年曾在中國、日本、泰國、印度和津巴布韋生活過。他１９８８年進入美國財政部工作。從１９９５年到２００１年，歷任財政部助理部長幫辦、助理部長高級幫辦、助理部長和負責國際事務的副部長。此后，蓋特納曾在美國外交學會和國際貨幣基金組織任職。

　　從２００３年起，他擔任美國紐約聯邦儲備銀行行長，參與了美國許多重要金融問題的決策，并與美國現任財長保爾森密切合作，在今年美國政府應對金融危機的過程中發揮了重要作用。

　　蓋特納有可能出任美國新政府財長的消息日前披露后，受到投資者普遍歡迎。蓋特納曾表示，美國市場體制存在弱點，需要盡快予以補救。今年７月他在國會作證時說，美國金融監管的權力分散于數個機構，需要加以整合，他主張美聯儲在這方面發揮領導作用。

　　薩默斯現年５３歲，１９９９年７月至２００１年１月任克林頓政府財政部長，后在２００１年至２００６年任美國哈佛大學校長。