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Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom Barkin has voiced concerns about the persistence of high inflation even as oil prices begin to offer some signs of relief for consume...

Kevin Warsh Takes the Fed Helm: Why Markets May Soon Stop Guessing Rates and Start Pricing Reality

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh wasted little time. Days into his new role, the central bank released its shortest policy statement in years. Just a handful of sentences. T...

Kevin Warsh Rewrites the Fed’s Playbook: Less Talk, More Market Surprises

Kevin Warsh stepped into the Federal Reserve chairman's role with a clear signal. No more long-winded forecasts. No more hand-holding for markets ahead of decisions. His firs...

Warsh Fooled Them All: How Trump’s Fed Pick Faces a Market That Already Moved On

Kevin Warsh stepped into the Federal Reserve chairmanship with a plan. Cut rates first. Then remake policy around a smaller balance sheet and clearer signals about what the c...

Warsh Takes the Fed Helm: Traders Bet on Unity as Hawkish Hold Meets Less Talk

Kevin Warsh assumed the Federal Reserve chairmanship on May 22. Barely a month later he faces his first FOMC meeting. Traders on prediction markets see signs of a calmer boar...

Fed’s Schmid Frames Stark Choice: Hold Steady or Raise Rates as Inflation Lingers

Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid delivered a blunt assessment this week. The central bank faces a binary decision on monetary policy. Stay patient with cu...

Kevin Warsh’s Fed Overhaul: Shrinking the Balance Sheet to Bury Easy Money

Kevin Warsh took the oath as Federal Reserve chairman on May 22. The former governor wasted little time signaling his break from the past. He wants regime change. No more blo...

Bill Dudley Sounds Alarm: After Five Years Above Target, the Fed Risks Losing Its Grip on Inflation Expectations

Bill Dudley knows the Federal Reserve from the inside. As president of the New York Fed from 2009 to 2018, he sat at the center of crisis response and policy debates. Now, ye...

Kevin Warsh Takes the Fed Helm as Powell’s Inflation Legacy Looms Large

Kevin Warsh assumes leadership of the Federal Reserve this week. Jerome Powell steps aside after eight years. The transition arrives at a fraught moment. Inflation runs hotte...

Powell’s Nine Words Signal the End of Rate Cuts as Inflation Pressures Mount

Jerome Powell steps down as Federal Reserve chair on Friday. His final weeks have delivered a pointed message to markets and his successor. At the April 29 FOMC meeting, the...

Goolsbee’s Balancing Act: Steady Jobs, Stubborn Inflation Put Rate Cuts in Doubt

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee delivered a clear message Friday. The labor market holds. Inflation does not."The job market has been stable...

Fed’s Hammack Warns of Entrenched Inflationary Thinking as Rate Cuts Fade

Beth Hammack hears it from business leaders across Ohio. An inflationary mindset now risks taking root. The Cleveland Fed president voiced that worry Thursday at the Ohio CEO...

Fed’s Partisan Powder Keg: Warsh Nomination Ignites Clash Over Central Bank Independence

The Senate Banking Committee split 13-11 along party lines to advance Kevin Warsh's nomination as Federal Reserve chair. First time that's happened in the panel's history. Se...

Fed’s Rate Holdout: Warsh Looms as Powell Exits Amid Inflation Surge and Job Wobbles

The Federal Reserve sits at a crossroads. Inflation lingers above target. Oil prices spike from Middle East tensions. Unemployment edges up to 4.3%. Jerome Powell's term ends...

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