Fed's Fischer: U.S. economy needs faster potential growth

By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States requires faster potential economic growth in order to lift the long-run equilibrium interest rate, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said on Thursday. "What we need most, now that we are near full employment and approaching our target inflation rate, is faster potential growth," Fischer, the Fed's second-in-command, told an economics conference in New York. Fischer did not comment on the likelihood the Fed w