Stanley Fischer, a former top policymaker at the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Israel whose thinking was highly influential among generations of economists, has died at the age of 81.

Fischer, known as Stan, served as vice chairman of the US Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017 following eight years as governor ...

He was the No. 2 at the Federal Reserve and the I.M.F. during periods of economic turmoil, and he mentored future economic ...

Stanley Fischer, a professor and practitioner of macroeconomics who helped guide central banks in two countries, Israel and ...

The Federal Reserve can help Uncle Sam pay its bills, or it can promote economic stability. It cannot do both.

Fischer was a crisis whisperer for nations on the brink, serving as First Deputy Managing Director at the International ...