Kevin Warsh: Trump’s ideal choice to push Fed to cut interest rates
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldFormer Wall Street banker faces questions at confirmation hearing – but his biggest backer is also his biggest liability
On the face of it, Kevin Warsh looks like an ideal candidate to chair the Federal Reserve, the world’s most important central bank. The 56-year-old Ivy League economist, former Wall Street banker and presidential adviser ticks all the boxes. Unfortunately for Warsh, as he faces what could be a fraught nomination hearing, his biggest backer is also his biggest liability.
In his second term, Donald Trump has attacked the Fed in a manner both unprecedented and unseemly. He has called current chair Jerome Powell – whom he also appointed – a “jerk”, “a stubborn MORON”, and repeatedly threatened to fire him.
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