Obama nominates former Bank of Israel chief Stanley Fischer as Fed vice chairman

U.S. President Barack Obama nominated former Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve on Friday.

Source: Haaretz

At the same time, he names Janet L. Yellen as Governor of Federal Reserve Bank, to replace Ben Bernanke, to continue a tradition since 1987 to name Jews only as leaders of Federal Reserve Bank:
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