스탠리 피셔 연준 부의장은 29일 미국 CNBC와 인터뷰에서 트럼프의 세금 삭감과 1조달러 인프라 투자 계획을 예의주시하고 있다면서 두 번의 금리 인상을 전망했다.
연준의 최고위 관계자다. 금리 인상 횟수를 언급하는 것은 다소 이례적이다.
피셔 부의장은 "몇 달 전 생각했던 것보다 신흥국이나 개발도상국들이 어려움을 덜 겪게 되는 꽤 좋은 기회다"고 설명했다.
피셔는 2014년부터 연준 위원으로 재직해왔다. 연준 부의장 임기는 2018년 6월에 끝난다. 원래는 이스라엘 중앙은행의 총재였다. 국제유가에 정통하기도하다.
Stanley Fischer, Vice Chairman
Stanley Fischer, Vice ChairmanStanley Fischer took office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on May 28, 2014, to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2020. He was sworn in as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors on June 16, 2014. His term as Vice Chairman expires on June 12, 2018.
Prior to his appointment to the Board, Dr. Fischer was governor of the Bank of Israel from 2005 through 2013.
From 1977 to 1999, Dr. Fischer was a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). From 1992 to 1995, he was the Elizabeth and James Killian Class of 1926 professor. From 1973 to 1977, Dr. Fischer was an associate professor of economics at MIT. Prior to joining the MIT faculty, Dr. Fischer was an assistant professor of economics and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Fischer has published many articles on a wide variety of economic issues, and he is the author and editor of several scholarly books. He has been a fellow at the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Econometric Society, as well as a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an honorary fellow at the London School of Economics.
Dr. Fischer was born in Lusaka, Zambia, in October 1943. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969. Dr. Fischer is married with three adult children.
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