"Israeli bank governor seeking IMF job" by International Herald Tribune, June 13, 2011
FRANKFURT — Stanley Fischer, governor of the Bank of Israel, has added his name to the list of candidates to be managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
A renowned economist credited with stabilizing the Israeli shekel, Fischer also spent seven years as first deputy managing director of the IMF.
Yes, they were the ONLY COUNTRY to escape the worldwide downturn and ACTUALLY GREW during that time. Draw your own conclusions.
But he seemed to acknowledge he has only a slim chance of being chosen....
Sometimes you do haul up a fisch, though.
Fischer also had a distinguished academic career, writing economics textbooks and serving as head of the economics department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was also chief economist at the World Bank from 1988 to 1990 and vice chairman of Citigroup.
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FLASHBACK:
"Israeli economist may seek IMF post" May 30, 2011|Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israel’s central bank chief, Stanley Fischer, is interested in the top job at the International Monetary Fund, a person familiar with the banker’s thinking told the Associated Press yesterday.
The person said Fischer has not decided whether to pursue the job, but “if the opportunity comes along, he will take it,’’ said the person....
Fischer, an internationally respected economist, held the number two position at the IMF during the 1990s....
He has also held top jobs at the World Bank and Citigroup Corp. He arrived in Israel in 2005 to be governor of the Bank of Israel. He has been widely credited with enabling the country to largely escape the global economic crisis....
They are the ONLY ONES THAT DID, and does THAT EVER TELL YOU a LOT about WHO SITS on TOP of the ELITE HEAP!
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Also see: Israeli Fisching Around For IMF Job
