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Congressional Budget Office
Macroeconomist , AD-0110-14/15
Announcement Number:
21-03
Application Deadline:
11/24/2020
Job Location:
Open Date:
10/01/2020
Salary Range:
Min:
$128,000.00
- Max:
$160,000.00
Location Notes:
Pay Schedule:
Annual
Work Schedule:
Full Time
Time Limit:
Permanent
Promotion Potential:
0
Number of Vacancies:
1
Agency Marketing Statement:
DO NOT APPLY THROUGH USAJOBS. APPLY AT www.cbo.gov/careers
The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. If you're looking for a job where you can analyze budgetary and economic effects of public policies, provide nonpartisan, objective analysis, support the Congress, and work with some of the brightest minds in policy analysis, CBO just might be the right place for you.
DO NOT APPLY THROUGH USAJOBS. APPLY AT www.cbo.gov/careers The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. If you're looking for a job where you can analyze budgetary and economic effects of public policies, provide nonpartisan, objective analysis, support the Congress, and work with some of the brightest minds in policy analysis, CBO just might be the right place for you.
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Duties:
The Macroeconomic Analysis Division is seeking a macroeconomist with a broad range of interests, including fiscal policy, public finance, and macroeconomic forecasting. The division assesses the macroeconomic effects of federal fiscal policy over the short and long runs, analyzes emerging developments in the economy, and prepares a semiannual economic forecast. The divisions portfolio of analysis covers a wide range of issues, including fiscal and monetary policy, international trade policies, immigration reform, and health care reform. The position involves analyzing such issues, writing reports describing the analyses, and carrying out original economic research. The successful candidate will contribute to the full range of the divisions responsibilities, which include constructing and improving cutting-edge models that underlie CBOs policy analyses, preparing longer-term studies, and assessing the economic effects of specific pieces of legislation. Staff members are encouraged to participate actively in policy research that is related to CBOs mission by presenting papers at conferences, publishing them as CBO working papers, and writing articles for professional journals.
The Macroeconomic Analysis Division is seeking a macroeconomist with a broad range of interests, including fiscal policy, public finance, and macroeconomic forecasting. The division assesses the macroeconomic effects of federal fiscal policy over the short and long runs, analyzes emerging developments in the economy, and prepares a semiannual economic forecast. The divisions portfolio of analysis covers a wide range of issues, including fiscal and monetary policy, international trade policies, immigration reform, and health care reform. The position involves analyzing such issues, writing reports describing the analyses, and carrying out original economic research. The successful candidate will contribute to the full range of the divisions responsibilities, which include constructing and improving cutting-edge models that underlie CBOs policy analyses, preparing longer-term studies, and assessing the economic effects of specific pieces of legislation. Staff members are encouraged to participate actively in policy research that is related to CBOs mission by presenting papers at conferences, publishing them as CBO working papers, and writing articles for professional journals.
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Contact Information:
Annita Gulati Cox
2022262628
careers@cbo.gov
General Experience
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You must have one year of specialized experience at a level close to the work of this job that has given you the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in economics or a closely related discipline, such as public policy or applied statistics, or a masters degree with at least five years of relevant experience. Special consideration will be given to candidates with experience in using macroeconometric and general equilibrium models. Excellent quantitative, writing, and interpersonal skills are essentialincluding the ability to communicate technical material clearly to a variety of audiencesas are the ability to work independently and the ability to complete projects under tight deadlines. Both junior- and senior-level candidates will be considered.
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Applicants must have a Ph.D. in economics or a closely related discipline, such as public policy or applied statistics, or a masters degree with at least five years of relevant experience. Special consideration will be given to candidates with experience in using macroeconometric and general equilibrium models.
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