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Jacob Frenkel

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Jacob Frenkel · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1943

Where

Israel · United States

Biography

Jacob Frenkel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Frenkel is an Israeli economist who served as Governor of the Bank of Israel from 1991 to 2000, where he is credited with reducing inflation, achieving price stability and liberalising Israel's financial markets. A University of Chicago–trained scholar and later chairman of major financial institutions, he won the Israel Prize in Economics in 2002. He is Israeli and Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists