Quick Facts
Biography
Brad Setser is an American economist and former blogger. A former staff economist at the United States Department of the Treasury, he worked at Roubini Global Economics Monitor, along with Nouriel Roubini. He co-authored the book "Bailouts or Bail-ins?" with Roubini.
After leaving the RGE Monitor, Setser became a fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, where (amongst other things) he was the author of the popular economics blog "Follow the Money" about global economic imbalances.
In 2009, he took a position with the National Economic Council, leaving the CFR. In 2011, he moved to the United States Department of the Treasury, where he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Economic Analysis. He is currently a senior fellow at the Council for Foreign Relations.