Kevin Warsh

Fed names Powell chair pro tempore until Warsh sworn in

The incoming Fed chief has pledged to divest sizeable financial assets before taking office

Under Jerome Powell, the Fed financed all its activities by expanding its balance sheet, which exceeded US$7 trillion by May 2020.

‘A Fed chair with a spine’: A look back at Jerome Powell’s tenure as US central bank chief

He helped the US economy navigate one of the most tumultuous periods of its history

Kevin Warsh has advocated for a smaller central bank role and less market intervention.

US debt load could undercut Warsh‘s plan to shrink Fed balance sheet

[WASHINGTON] Incoming Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh‘s plans to shrink the US central bank’s “footprint” in financial markets could be constrained by rising federal debt and the potentially lost lu...

Kevin Warsh will replace Jerome Powell, whose term as chair ends May 15.

Trump nominee Kevin Warsh confirmed as Fed chair

President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked the Fed for not lowering interest rates as aggressively as he would like

In his hearing last week, Kevin Warsh blamed the Fed for allowing inflation to surge following the Covid-19 pandemic

Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh wins key Senate Committee vote

The vote makes real the prospect of a Warsh-led Fed that promises the biggest shake up of the US central bank in years

Kevin Warsh, a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011, has promised to overhaul the Fed’s approach to monetary policy.

US Senator Tillis says he’s ready to advance confirmation of Warsh as Fed chair

REPUBLICAN Senator Thom Tillis on Sunday said he would allow Senate confirmation of Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh to go forward after the Department of Justice on Friday dropped an investi...

“The Office of Inspector General has the authority to hold the Federal Reserve accountable to American taxpayers,” US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said.

Justice Department drops investigation into Fed chair Powell, removing obstacle to Warsh

Attorney Pirro asks central bank’s internal watchdog to examine cost overruns in renovations

Kevin Warsh defined price stability – one of the central bank’s two congressional mandates – as a rate of price change “no one is talking about”.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Warsh’s impossible mission – tame inflation and please Trump

Fed chair nominee defends Fed independence and insists the US president has not asked him to commit to any rate decision

Kevin Warsh, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be next chair of the Federal Reserve, attends a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Apr 21.

Fed chair nominee Warsh calls for ‘regime change’ and new approach to inflation

Warsh’s confirmation faces delay due to dispute over Powell criminal probe