What to know about Trump’s Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh

President Donald Trump says he’ll tap former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair to replace Jerome Powell in May—with Trump believing that he can finally get the booming economy that he promised to voters.

When Trump said that Warsh comes from “central casting,” the president revealed a lot about his own views of the 55-year-old’s looks and conventional pedigree. Warsh has many of the trappings of a traditional pick to lead the world’s most important central bank...