Kevin Warsh
People: January to March 2026
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Middle East conflict creates new uncertainty for the Fed
Additional inflationary risks could jeopardise Trump’s hopes for rate cuts, experts say
Lagarde downplays odds of early exit
ECB president uses interviews to say she is on a ‘mission’ with a ‘baseline’ of serving out her term
Full ‘postmortem’ on QE yet to be written – Klaas Knot
Former DNB governor expects Fed to continue international monetary diplomacy under Warsh
Warsh is an excellent pick for Fed chair, says Quarles
Former vice-chair believes Trump’s choice will make policy-makers feel heard
Trump nominates Kevin Warsh as new Fed chair
Former insider and hawkish rate-setter gears up to lead world’s most important central bank
Fed risks president’s ire by holding rates
Experts say decision was obvious way to go, given US labour market and inflation figures
Fed succession planning: will Trump stick to the script?
The race to succeed Jerome Powell as head of the world’s most powerful central bank has already begun
30 years of forecasting: have central banks learned anything?
Forecasting models are constantly being upgraded, but forecast errors are still persistent. What more can central banks do?
The candidates knocking at Yellen’s door
Leading academics and economists weigh the competency of the top candidates for the Fed job – and how likely they are to win Trump’s favour
The MPC process in light of the Warsh Review
The Bank of England’s revised MPC meeting schedule has some merits but will not add to transparency and raises the risk of news shocks, writes former member Charles Goodhart
Bank of England launches review of MPC transcripts policy
Bank of England commissions former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to review practice of destroying records and assess the costs and benefits of publishing meeting transcripts
Obama nominates two new members to Fed board
Former undersecretary of the Treasury Jerome Powell and Harvard economist Jeremy Stein put forward to fill vacant seats on Federal Reserve Board of Governors; need Senate backing
Role of Fannie, Freddie failure in crisis has been underplayed: ex-Fed’s Warsh
Recently departed governor Kevin Warsh tells Central Banking that decision to take government-sponsored enterprises into state ownership had significant ramifications
Nobel Prizewinner not right for Fed: key Republican senator
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Richard Shelby sets out reasons underpinning party’s repeated rejection of Nobel Prizewinner Peter Diamond for Fed board seat
Warsh quits Fed
Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh plans to step down from Fed seven years before term ends
Fed’s Warsh advocates pro-growth fiscal policy in US
Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh says pro-growth fiscal policy will spur long-term investment
CIC’s Zhou calls on Congress, not Fed, to spend
China Investment Corporation’s Zhou Yuan says further quantitative easing will not cure United States’ unemployment problem; Fed expected to unveil more asset purchases, despite dissent
King takes firm line on QE, direct lending
Bank of England governor Mervyn King says small businesses’ problems won’t be solved by direct help from the central bank; stresses that banks will be weaned off liquidity support
Fed’s Warsh: market panic a signpost, not source of global economic woes
Market volatility merely a signal of how far we are away from the new normal; warns against expecting monetary and fiscal policy to do too much
Republicans propose end to Fed's quasi-fiscal activity
Senate Republicans leak alternative regulatory proposals calling for an end to Fed’s involvement in shoring up broad sectors, central bank cannot lend to firms with solvency problems under plans