Stanley Fischer, who Barack Obama nominated on Friday to be Janet Yellen's vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, is one of the most accomplished economists alive.

Stanley Fischer isn't worried about the low inflation we're seeing in the economy. Importantly, he doesn't believe we need inflation to heat up to a 2% pace for the Fed to start tightening ...

Stanley Fischer was born into a Jewish family on Oct. 15, 1943, in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia, then a British protectorate, which became Zambia after independence in 1964.

Stanley Fischer stands at a hotel balcony during the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) annual meeting in Tel Aviv, June 11, 2009.

Former Bank of Israel Gov. Stanley Fischer is President Obama’s nominee for No. 2 at the Fed. At the Journal’s CEO Council in November, he joined the World Bank’s Jim Yong Kim and Columbia ...

Stanley Fischer may be the best-connected central banker in the world and among the most admired. Now he’s the leading candidate to become vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, according to ...

The Senate confirmed Stanley Fischer to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors Wednesday, preventing a situation in which the central bank would be critically understaffed. The seven-member ...

Stanley Fischer and global Jewish leadership Just as the late former bank governor brought us his expertise and vision, so too can a new wave of leaders emerge if only we invite them in Jun 2 ...

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said the central bank is “on the path that we more or less expected” for gradual interest-rate increases this year.

Stanley Fischer, the former Bank of Israel head picked by President Obama for the No. 2 job at the Federal Reserve, won Senate confirmation Wednesday to become a member of the Fed's board of ...