Meet Trump’s next Fed Chair Kevin Warsh: He wants a back-seat central bank, a more bullish monetary policy, and for his dog to live a really long time
President Donald Trump named his nominee for Federal Reserve chairman on Friday morning, and it’s the odds-on favorite Kevin Warsh.
Warsh was among the frontrunners to replace current chairman Jerome Powell for many months, particularly after Trump said he’d been impressed by the “two Kevins” (Warsh and Kevin Hassett, director of the United States National Economic Council) during the interview process. Trump confirmed Warsh’s nomination to lead the central bank on Truth Social on Friday...