Sir Alan Budd GBE |
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Sir Alan Budd in 2008.
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Chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility | |
In office May 2010 – 4 October 2010 |
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Deputy | صغ |
Preceded by | office established |
Succeeded by | Robert Chote |
Personal details | |
Born |
London, United Kingdom |
16 November 1937
Nationality | British |
Alma mater |
London School of Economics University of Oxford University of Cambridge |
Sir Alan Peter Budd GBE (born 16 November 1937) is a prominent British economist, who was a founding member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in 1997.
He left the MPC in May 1999, and between August 1999 and 2008 was Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford.
He was temporarily head of Her Majesty's Government's Office for Budget Responsibility during 2010.
Budd went to Oundle School, a public school in Cambridgeshire, and then studied at the London School of Economics where he received a B.Sc. degree in economics. He subsequently went to the University of Oxford were he received an MA degree and a D.Phil. degree and to the University of Cambridge where he obtained a Ph.D. degree.
His academic posts have included the University of Southampton, Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh (Ford foundation visiting professor), and the University of New South Wales (Reserve Bank of Australia visiting professor).