Whether he gets/keeps the job is another story
Read – https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/who-is-kevin-warsh-trumps-fed-chair-pick.html
Kevin Warsh might be a corporate weirdo.
He double spoke on the 2008 financial crisis while supporting Trump as late that counters his original 2008 views.
Trump’s current views only partially line up with Warsh’s post‑2008 ideology and tactics; they agree on some goals (like lower rates right now and criticizing the current Fed).
Warsh was a classic hawk. He backed the initial 2008 emergency response but quickly turned against further quantitative easing and prolonged ultra‑low rates, warning about inflation, bubbles, and Fed overreach. With AI now implemented in everything data related, his quantitative stance probably gets flimsy grace.
Analysts note that if Warsh as chair tried to aggressively shrink the Fed’s balance sheet or allow longer‑term yields to rise consistent with his post‑2008 skepticism of QE that could clash with Trump’s desire for cheap money and high asset prices.
Read – https://unherd.com/newsroom/kevin-warsh-pick-signals-return-to-pre-2008-fed-era/
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