AFP - Christina Romer, a key economic advisor to President Barack Obama who championed the use of stimulus programs to pull the US economy out of recession, will step down next month, the White House said Thursday.

Reuters - President Barack Obama is considering economic adviser Austan Goolsbee and Laura Tyson, a senior economist in Bill Clinton%27s White House, to take over as one of his top policymakers, an administration official said on Friday.

AP - Christina Romer, the departing chief of President Barack Obama%27s economic advisory council, cast disagreements among key players on the White House economic team as a healthy part of reaching tough policy decisions.

AP - The departing head of President Barack Obama%27s Council of Economic Advisers says she is quitting solely for family reasons and that the economic team works well even with its set of "strong personalities."