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Powell named as interim Fed chair pending Warsh takeover

Board approves temporary action amid two dissents

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The Federal Reserve has said Jerome Powell will remain its acting chair pending the swearing in of Kevin Warsh.

In a statement on May 15, the US central bank said its seven-member board of governors had named Powell as “chair pro tempore”. It said this was a “temporary action” that was consistent with “past practice during similar transitions between chairs”. 

The Senate confirmed Warsh last week as the Fed’s next chair in a historically partisan vote. On May 13, the upper chamber of Congress

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