Trump’s Fed Pick Warsh Faces Uphill Path to Push Rate Cuts Amid Powell Showdown
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Former Fed governor Kevin Warsh, touted by Donald Trump as the ideal chair who could push for rate cuts, girds for a high-stakes Senate hearing as he seeks confirmation amid a Powell investigation and GOP objections; Warsh’s inflation-hawk stance and insistence on Fed independence clash with political pressure, and even if confirmed he would need broad Board support to actually cut rates, while Democrats probe his disclosures and wealth.
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- ‘Sock puppet’: Warsh, Warren clash over financial disclosure, Fed independence Politico
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