Economics

Gary Cohn Emerges From Trump Shadows Touting Dodd-Frank Overhaul

  • Former No. 2 at Goldman Sachs sells remake of financial rules
  • Cohn fills gap left as Treasury nominee awaits confirmation
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President Donald Trump’s economic policies have a new public face, and it belongs to a Wall Street banker barely a month out of the No. 2 job at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Gary Cohn, who left Goldman’s glass-and-steel lower Manhattan headquarters for a West Wing office with enormous potential clout, is taking on an expanded role as he fills a gap while the new administration waits to seat its Treasury Secretary.