Cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 2008, Furman ya shiga
Barack Obama na yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa a matsayin Daraktan Harkokin Tattalin Arziki. Da farko, wasu masu fafutukar kwadago sun soki nadin Furman a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan yakin neman zabe saboda kare tsarin kasuwancin Walmart. A lokacin wa'adin farko na Obama, Furman ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin darektan a Majalisar Tattalin Arziki ta Kasa ga Lawrence Summers da Gene Sperling. A cikin wannan rawar, ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin gine-ginen Dokar farfadowa da sake saka hannun jari na Amurka na 2009, gami da shirye-shiryen kashe kuɗi don amfanin matalauta da kuma abubuwan karfafa haraji na kasuwanci. Furman kuma an yaba shi da taimakawa wajen ƙirƙirar shirin sake fasalin harajin kamfanoni na gwamnati, yana tasiri kan tattaunawar manufofin kasafin kuɗi, da kuma taimakawa wajen tsarawa da sasanta Dokar Kare Lafiya da Kula da Lafiya ("ACA" ko "ObamaCare").