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  • Analysis: What might trip up Kevin Warsh and his agenda as Fed chair

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    Oil prices are surging. Inflation forecasts are rising. Futures markets increasingly raise the chances of a rate hike from the Federal Reserve. And then there’s Kevin Warsh and his stated desire — and edict from President Donald Trump — to cut interest rates. Even before a hearing is scheduled on his nomination as the next Fed chair, Warsh’s ambitious agenda for “regime change” at the Fed faces challenges. The most obvious: $100-a-barrel oil prices and the incipient inflation threat they pose run counter to Warsh’s hopes to sharply reduce interest rates. But the challenges go further. The new chair, ... (full story)

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Trader#4300
Mar 27, 2026 3:11pm
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April meeting will be a nothing meeting. Nothing will be done with rates. What Warsh does and says in June is what it will all come to. If Warsh doesn't hike rates in June and signals agressive monetary policy, USD will bleed across the board. The price of precious metals will go ballistic due to very high inflation and complete loss of trust in the Fed, and therefore in the USD itself. If Warsh doesn't hike rates in June, there will be hell to pay. Extremely agressive monetary policy is the only thing that will save the USD. Anything less and the Fed is risking debt crisis and that would mean destruction in the stock market and gold going to stratosphere. Undoubtedly, the most important meeting that the Fed will ever have in its entire history.
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