# Professor Richard Sylla shares key characteristics that a Treasury Secretary should possess

1 Faculty News October 24, 2016 ![NBC News online logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_037262.gif?itok=6hhedDRK)>

Excerpt from [NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/who-are-trump-clinton-s-smart-money-picks-head-treasury-n670716) -- "'Any good candidate or nominee for the position, regardless of background, should have a really good understanding of these important functions and the self-confidence not to be bullied or pushed around by others with particular political agendas,' [Sylla](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/richard-sylla) says."

[Read more](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/who-are-trump-clinton-s-smart-money-picks-head-treasury-n670716)