Fed Chair Pick Kevin Warsh Wins Key Senate Committee Vote

Fed Chair Pick Kevin Warsh Wins Key Senate Committee Vote

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April 29, 2026 · 10 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Kevin Warsh's Senate Banking Committee vote and the implications of AI on software stocks.

Watch Paul and Scarlet LIVE every day on YouTube:  http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu - Enda Curran, Bloomberg Fed and Economy Reporter, discusses Kevin Warsh winning the backing of the Senate Banking Committee on a 13-11 party-line vote to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve. Warsh's nomination had been held up by Senator Thom Tillis until the Department of Justice agreed to drop a criminal probe into cost overruns in a renovation of the Fed's Washington headquarters. -Niraj Patel, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Software Analyst, discusses research on how AI is impacting software stocks. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: AI shocks are rippling through application-software stocks, and our analysis suggests demand disruptions in the $700 billion app-software market are set to deepen as AI-agent development accelerates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hosts: Paul Sweeney, Scarlet Fu

Guests: Enda Curran, Niraj Patel

Topics covered

  • Federal Reserve
  • Senate Banking Committee
  • AI impact on software
  • Kevin Warsh
  • economic policy

Keywords

  • Kevin Warsh
  • Federal Reserve
  • Senate vote
  • AI
  • software stocks
  • Bloomberg Intelligence
  • economic policy

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Organizations: Bloomberg, Department of Justice, Bloomberg Intelligence, Senate Banking Committee

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