NY Fed Chief John Williams Claims Powell Can Remain Chair After Term Expires
Powell’s term ends May 15. But he and NY Fed honcho John Williams are scheming to keep him in place if Kevin Warsh’s confirmation is delayed.
Kevin Warsh
Judge Throws Out Justice Department Subpoenas to Federal Reserve, Pirro Attacks Decision
A federal judge has quashed two Justice Department subpoenas targeting the Federal Reserve, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, delivering a significant legal victory to the central bank and a serious setback to the criminal probe that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro had opened into Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
Breitbart Business Digest: A Fed Confirmation Fight Could Fracture Central Banking in Weird Ways
In the Fed’s modern history, the FOMC has always chosen the sitting Board chairman to be its chairman as well. Politics, however, has a habit of stress-testing assumptions.
Breitbart Business Digest: Kevin Warsh’s War on Fed Groupthink
Warsh’s most fundamental critique of the Federal Reserve targets the Fed’s devotion to economic models that consistently fail to predict reality.
Breitbart Business Digest: Kevin Warsh Wants to Shrink the Fed’s Balance Sheet
The most consequential feature of Kevin Warsh’s view of the Federal Reserve is his focus on balance sheet reduction.
Breitbart Business Digest: The War Over Kevin Warsh
The nomination of Kevin Warsh to chair the Federal Reserve has prompted concerns from friends and foes of President Trump’s economic agenda.
Breitbart Business Digest: Here Comes Kevin Warsh
This week culminated in the nomination of a former Bush White House economic official to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair.
Trump Picks Warsh to Lead Federal Reserve
Trump taps Former Fed Governor to Succeed Current Chair in May
