Stanley Fischer, Who Spread Macroeconomic Gospel, Dies at 81

Stanley FischerPhotographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Stanley Fischer, a professor and practitioner of macroeconomics who helped guide central banks in two countries, Israel and the US, and mentored a younger generation of economic decision-makers, has died. He was 81.

He died on Saturday, the Bank of Israel said in a statement, expressing condolences.