The outbreak of Warsh

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Kevin Warsh's potential role in the Federal Reserve amidst political pressures from the Trump administration.

Send us Fan Mail ◆ Powell Fed era ends with split decision ◆ Bank capital to lead Gulf bond revival ◆ SSAs, corporates and FIG face busy May President Trump appointed Jay Powell as Federal Reserve chair — then hounded him continually to ease monetary policy and ended up launching a criminal investigation against him. What could possibly go wrong for Kevin Warsh? The central question for markets is whether he will have an independent mind or be Trump’s puppet. So far, Warsh is getting th...

Topics covered

• Federal Reserve
• monetary policy
• bank capital
• Gulf bond revival
• Kevin Warsh
• Trump administration

Keywords

• Kevin Warsh
• Jay Powell
• Federal Reserve
• monetary policy
• Trump
• bank capital
• Gulf bond revival

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Federal Reserve, Trump

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