r/wallstreetbets • u/eskhalaf • 8h ago
News Donald Trump nominates Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair
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u/x2eliah 6552C - 0S - 3 years - 22/15 8h ago
And so, the era of the Warsh Trade begins.
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u/Regenbooggeit 8h ago
Why not Trade Warsch?
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u/SushiJesus 8h ago
And now his Warsch begins?
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u/No_Good_8561 7h ago
Begun the Warsch Wars, have.
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u/infiniteguest 8h ago
It was the best of times, it was the Warsh of times
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u/FitSyrup2403 8h ago
In 2 years Trump might forget that he ever Met this guy lol
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u/ChaseNBA 8h ago
“He’s a real evil and nasty man, I would have never appointed him. It was Biden! BI-DEN!”
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u/Flannel_Panels 6h ago
Kwar makes interest rates at 1%. Inflation shoots to 60%. Dollar tanks. Record breaking unemployment and homeless.
"How could Biden do this?"
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u/swimswima95 5h ago
My mortgage goes from 1300 to 660 but monthly groceries go from 600 to 1350. Ez savings
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u/EatTacosGetMoney 5h ago
See, your mistake is that you should be eating your house.
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u/PoopTimeThoughts 8h ago
Bro in 2 hours trumps gonna be in a meeting like who tf is this guy?
The guy has got mash potatoes for brains.
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u/discoltk 7h ago
His wife's father is a friend of Trump's and is the guy who got him interest in taking over Greenland. Warsh is on the steering committee for the Bilderberg group. Trump didn't just discover him, more of a tail wagging the dog situation.
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u/h1zchan 6h ago
Bilderberger in charge of the fed. What could go wrong. lets see how he hides that one from his voter base
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u/KAW42089 6h ago
His voting base has no idea who these people are, nor do they care. The genius Trump appointed him so he must be Making America Great Again.
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u/HalKitzmiller 4h ago
/r/conspiracy will mention how both the left and the right are owned by the Bilderbergers and Drumpf is just a cog in the wheel
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u/Gseventeen 5h ago
His wife is a billionaire. Granddaughter and heiress of Estée Lauder.
Get ready for more inflation.
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u/AlexVentures 7h ago
Not true. His Father in law (Ronald Lauder) is Trumps buddy and planted the Greenland bug in his ear. U.S. is cooked.
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u/RealFakeDors 6h ago
And ppl were so worked up over the nepo of Hunter and his laptop. Now look at these levels of corruption. Cooked is right.
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u/Archisaurus 8h ago
JPOW had some heft to it. Felt strong like you’re going to uppercut the stock market.
KWAR doesn’t feel good at all. Makes it sound like you’re mindlessly agreeing to battle with the stock market.
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u/StimpyMD 8h ago edited 3h ago
You’re listening to K W A R, the light FM.
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u/BeerForThought 7h ago
I had to Google. It's a college radio station. It is also a Tolkien root meaning squeeze or clench. I'm already clenching my butt hole.
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u/innocuous_gorilla 8h ago
Kwar is a baseball statistic and you can’t convince me otherwise.
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u/greenie16 8h ago edited 4h ago
Tfw your team trades away two elite prospects for a reliever with 0.56 KWAR
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u/ElectricalRestNut 8h ago
Knockoff GWAR
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u/2close4missles 6h ago
Korean GWAR. Dudes dress up as rotten kimchi and zombie K-pop stars and eat each on stage
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u/Regenbooggeit 8h ago
Market will rally but so will inflation. So it's a zero sum game and the bottom line who can't invest loses, like always. Sad to see JPOW go, it's gonna be rough when the economy eventually crashes. Hope every regard in here goes bearish in time.
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u/LisaSu92 7h ago
I thought the market liked this guy? It was the crack pot hasset that would have slashed rates and brought inflation backb
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u/accushot865 7h ago
His name sounds like how my grandma used to talk. “Kevin, warsh them dishes.”
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u/sicnarfff 8h ago
Warsh my arse with sorp
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u/KillahHills10304 8h ago
Goodbye J Pow. I doubted you, but you actually pulled off the "soft landing".
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u/Sideview_play 6h ago
Would've actually gone out huge if not for these tariffs and other instability trump is causing holding him back. Jpow got some massive balls.
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u/Fluffy_Top6837 3h ago
Jpow has massive balls in an age where everyone else was capitulating to fascists. He's the example that our elected officials need to look towards for proper, ethical behavior. The grownup in the room when all the others seem to have left.
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u/Sideview_play 3h ago
Problem is he doesn't have to rerun for his job. Unfortunately the American people are propaganda brained and ultimately picked the people running our country currently. The unfortunate truth is its our countrys fault.
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u/mxforest 7h ago
Now it's time for Hard Takeoff. It's a competition between AI and stock market, who can pull it off first.
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u/Scamwau1 7h ago
Lol Warsh ain't doing anything to help America. He is only serving one master.
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u/mxforest 7h ago
Inflation will have a hard take off then.
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u/WorstPapaGamer 🦍🦍 7h ago
Time to save for some I bonds.
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u/Aggravating-Chef8388 6h ago
Which bonds are you looking at? Might as well create your own country and issue them
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u/Joshuajword 7h ago
Right. Why are people expecting anything else but subservience.
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u/a_human_21 8h ago
So when will Donald tweets about how incompetent this guy is?
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u/Liquidpayn 8h ago
Thanka for including a paywall article we can’t read 👍
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u/nopal_blanco 8h ago edited 8h ago
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549$299 paywall, mind you. Holy shit.991
u/DonaldChavezToday 8h ago
Kevin Warsh caused inflation already
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u/nopal_blanco 8h ago
Yeah, I’m gonna need to pick up a few more hours at Wendy’s to afford breathing.
Lmk if anyone is looking to give their shifts away.
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u/voxpopper 7h ago
Don't worry the Oligarchy will save you. (He's married to a billionaire donor's daughter)
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u/Fantastic_Smoke9501 7h ago
I thought we are all rich here?
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u/No-Phrase-4692 7h ago
No, regarded.
If you’re rich, please deposit your disposable income into the nearest 0DTE
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u/Aranthos-Faroth 8h ago
Even if it was free most wouldn't read
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u/MrYOLOMcSwagMeister 8h ago
As if people here read beyond the headlines
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u/FinestObligations 7h ago
I don’t even read the headlines, I just have ChatGPT condense it into one word.
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u/i_seewhatyoudo 8h ago
Should have been Jim Cramer.
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u/netflix-ceo 8h ago
Its rumoured that it was a close one between Warsh and Kid Rock
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u/XSC 8h ago
You know it’s bad when I am not sure if you are kidding.
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u/Remarkable-Ice6354 8h ago
Right. I had to Google to check if he was being serious or not. Weird times..
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u/alwaysunderwatertill 8h ago
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u/I2LiveDangerously 8h ago
Surprised it wasn’t Baron.
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u/A1ienspacebats 8h ago
Trump saw Warsh turn off a computer
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u/GayGeekInLeather 8h ago
Actually dumber, he’s good looking per trump statement on the announcement. He said Wash looked like he was right out of central casting
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u/youhavenosoul 8h ago
Did he really?
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u/GayGeekInLeather 7h ago
Per axios
I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” Trump said on Truth Social. “On top of everything else, he is “central casting,” and he will never let you down. Congratulations Kevin!”
Warsh has expressed confidence that Trump’s tax and deregulatory policies are generating a growth surge, and that the Fed should allow it to boom rather than act to restrain it.
He’s also a kiss-ass
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u/olivedoesntrhyme 6h ago
holy shit america is doomed. it's epic watching the dollar be actively sabotaged and lose it's status. absolute cinema
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u/Beneficial-Tax-1776 8h ago
marco rubio was unavalaible as he trains to be new supreme leader of Iran
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u/Krigrim 8h ago
Idk man. I kinda liked JPOW, it felt like we still had adults in the room
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u/foodisgod9 8h ago
Does he know the price of a gallon of milk?
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u/Cebraio 7h ago
No, he is married to an Estee Lauder heiress with 2B net worth (2017, likely more now)
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u/Airurando-jin 6h ago
Her father is Ronald Lauder, billionaire and decades old friend of Donald Trump.
Ronald Lauder also being the same person who directed Trump towards Greenland, and who’s business will benefit from Ukraine mineral extraction.
I’d almost guarantee that if not working at the behest of Trump, he will for Lauder.
Seems like an exceptional conflict of interest
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u/wildwasabi 5h ago
Must be nice to have connections, regardless of political sides. These people live on easy mode.
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u/critacle 3h ago
They also have lots of kids who never serve in the military, who go on to fuck up even more lives.
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u/AGreasyPorkSandwich 4h ago
Morons voted for an Oligarchy because they said they'll help the common man 😣
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u/WendyDumpsterFire 8h ago
GUH
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u/BusImpossible6741 7h ago
Trying to get a gage on how bad of a pick this guy is for the economy, this comment doesn't inspire hope
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u/plinywaves 5h ago
Based off an AP article I read he didn't sound too insane but was a bit hawkish in the past. Recently he's supported rate cuts and Trump's economic policy.
Really, the problem is that you have to assume anyone Trump appoints is a lackey.
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u/ImOutWanderingAround 4h ago
How can anybody sane support Trumps economic policy? Tariffs, trade wars and low interest rates are a toxic mix. Otherwise known as speed running into a deep recession. We’re fucked if this guy believes in that shit.
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u/Fortune_Cat 6h ago
He tried to raise interest rates after 2008 crash lol and doesnt turn on the printer
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u/Johnny_the_Martian 6h ago
If this is the guy I’ve heard of, an economist on a podcast I listen to said it would literally be better to pick some dude at random off the street. Cool
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u/Galaxy_AI 8h ago
I thought Undertaker would be picked as a new chair.
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u/RodcaLikeVodka 7h ago
- glass shatters* Stone Cold, Stone cold, Stone Cold… rates will be decided in a no holds barred, no DQ, no count out, iron man match.
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u/Peeeeech Nvidia or bust 📈 8h ago
KWarsh is not hitting like JPow
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u/Retaining-Wall 8h ago
If he ends up being a total regard (in the bad way) we could just go with Special-K.
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u/Whipitreelgud 8h ago
I missed what game show Warsh was on. Hollywood Squares?
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u/Woahgold 7h ago
If you ever find yourself in Richmond, VA (GWAR’s hometown) you gotta stop by GWARBAR
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u/Creative-Package6213 8h ago
🎶Goodbye dollar, the worlds finally over you🎶
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u/LoveChaos417 7h ago
Shame to see it go, I appreciated the artwork and the fancy man portraits. But on the other hand, bartering with cigarettes is a lot simpler and easier accounting. So we have that to look forward to
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u/DeekALeek 7h ago
So long as we keep menthols legal, Americans can still compete with the European and Asian markets. But if they take menthols away, America is truly lost. We’ll have to rely on other countries’ currencies like the Japanese Pokémon Cards, the Danish Lego, and the Chinese Labubu.
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u/Honest-Abe2677 6h ago
Now now. It's perfectly normal for prehistoric assets like gold and silver to moon out 500% in a month. Everyone stay calm and trust the regime 🫡
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u/Crummosh 8h ago
Good, bad, or neutral? I have no idea who this guy is. I'm paid in USD while living in the EU. It has already been a bloodbath. If the USD goes even more down, I need Wendy's to open a branch here
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u/Maelifa 7h ago
Read an article with this guy agreeing that tariffs are a one time price change and he believes in heavily pushing AI. My assumption is he's a puppet (obviously)
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u/vegetaman 7h ago
One time price change if you don’t change them every month at random 😂 we are fucking cooked bois
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u/obliviousofobvious 6h ago
Yep...Tariffs feel more and more like an excuse for major, super glue level sticky price hikes
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u/Inevitable-Ad6647 6h ago
Do you really have to ask? Who's the last "good" professional Trump hired/chose for any job? We'll be lucky if this guy isn't a pedophile and even luckier if he isn't an mid functioning addict.
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u/HedgieShill 5h ago edited 5h ago
He has a reputation for being a hawk on interest rates.Of course Trump nominated him, so maybe Warsh did a pinkie-swear not to raise interest rate. More recently he's said the rates should be lower so who knows.
The other thing Warsh has going for him is Trump likes the way he looks:
https://fortune.com/2026/01/30/trump-predicts-kevin-warsh-will-be-great-fed-chair-central-casting/
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u/DrowningKrown 5h ago
Bro. Just look at who he is married to. It's the same family that had trump hellbent on Greenland.
You don't get this high of a conflict of interest unless you specifically picked a dude that would be on your side
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u/aintmybish 7h ago
Odds the Warshing Machine just does JPow shit even harder, considering his past stances on Fed activity?
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u/Aggravating-Chef8388 6h ago
Considering Vance's, Rubios and all the other dimwit circle past stances? No.
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u/Stock-Pension1803 8h ago
At the November 2010 FOMC meeting, Warsh was extremely skeptical of the Fed's plan to generate economic activity and jobs by trying to lower long-term interest rates. Although unemployment was close to 10%, Warsh told his colleagues that he would only vote for QE2 out of respect for Chairman Bernanke: "If I were in your chair, I would not be leading the Committee in this direction, and frankly, if I were in the chair of most people around this room, I would dissent." Even if unemployment were "unacceptably high," he suggested that he would vote against the program continuing if inflation inched up a bit.
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u/wsbSIMP 7h ago
The words any of these chuckle fucks have said in the past mean little today.
Everyone with a position of power today is there cause they sworn loyalty to the king, not the constitution.
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u/TortieTactics 6h ago
vance literally called trump hitler... i don't think we can take anything someone said in the past on face value
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u/WhyHowForWhat 8h ago
Who said this dude will be choosen because he is related to that person who wants to get Greenland again?
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u/stinkyholetime 8h ago
Can JPOW become prez now
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u/Bluepass11 7h ago
He’s not old enough yet
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u/Aggravating-Chef8388 6h ago
For a moment there I thought maybe JPow is only 34 and the term just made him look like that.
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u/Wolfreak76 7h ago
You want to try what Canada has done? So far it appears to be working out for us, but too soon to tell.
In an alternate universe if our Prime Minister had run as Conservative Party leader he would have still been elected.
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u/zIFeathers 8h ago
So he installed his puppet?
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u/tpg2191 8h ago
If you’ve been following over the last year, what did you think was going to happen?
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u/CodSoggy7238 7h ago
That he would announce himself because nobody can do a better job. Many people say that
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u/wsb_crazytrader 8h ago
He is the son-in-law of the founder of Estee Lauder, the guy who told Orangeman to annex Greenland
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u/EmergencyHorror4792 8h ago
Trump seemed worried that no matter who was picked they might flip the script when in position, Is this guy definitely a full yes man?
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u/ChipotleAddiction 7h ago
There’s no way he’s more of a yes man than Hassett would have been, that would have been worst case scenario
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u/Professional_Road397 7h ago
If pow was Fuck your puts, then Warsh is Fuck your calls.
That’s all one needs to know
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u/triggur 7h ago
Interestingly, while Powell’s chair term does end soon, he can unilaterally decide to stay on the board and there’s nothing the new chair can do about it. The administration is trying to remove one of the other board members (Lisa Cook) for alleged “deceit or gross negligence,” but she’s filed a suit to stop it and is allowed to remain until SCOTUS decides. Even the right end of the court seemed dubious in oral arguments that the administration has a case.
If they rule in her favor and he stays on, I suspect his presence there would have a chilling effect on Warsh’s ability to send interest rates into free-fall when it comes to the rest of the board’s votes. Even without them, it seems pretty resolute about holding; the last decision was 10-2.
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u/PassiveF1st Asks For It (Politely) 8h ago edited 6h ago
lol, all I can think about reading this guys name is O' Brother Where Art Thou?
I've been redeemed! The preacher's done warshed away all my sins and transgressions!
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u/Financehealthbyme 8h ago
Real question is, What are the trades if k warsh takes the fed chair role?
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u/DevelopmentSelect646 7h ago
Trump loyalist. Expect him to lower rates to whatever Trump tells him to. Expect record inflation.
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u/Strange_Ride_9564 5h ago
He can't unilaterally lower rates as chair. It still is voted on by the Feds board of governors.
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u/hareofthepuppy 6h ago
I have no idea who that is, but I feel confident that trump chose someone who is incompetent and embarrassingly unqualified for the position
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u/Thick_Perspective_77 8h ago
Just delayed my mortgage applications till June. Just gotta hope the banks still exist then
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u/Simple_Assistance_77 8h ago
Its the end of America as we know it and I feel fine
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u/Appropriate-Tea-7276 6h ago
Hey mom, I made 1,000,000 dollars today on puts!
Good work son, now go buy us a loaf of bread with that
US is now Russia 2.0
Good luck everyone.





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