Kevin Warsh

Energy

Fed Raises Interest Rates for First Time in Three Years as Diesel, Gas Prices Surge

Photo via Paul Weaver/Sipa USA/Newscom

It’s the central bank’s first increase since 2023, a move that looked far from certain as recently as one week ago.

2 min read

Photo via Annabelle Gordin/UPI/Newscom

Inflation & Prices

Wall Street Bets on Rate Hike From a Fed Hemmed In by Persistent Inflation

All signs point to an interest-rate hike when the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy concludes this week’s meeting.

1 min read
Photo via The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Inflation & Prices

Warsh’s “Quiet Fed” Approach Adds a Hawkish Call at Jackson Hole

Since taking over as Fed chair in late May, Warsh has made it clear he is less comfortable providing forward guidance than his predecessor.

2 min read
Photo by Kevin Laminto via Unsplash

Inflation & Prices

Sticky Inflation Report Raises Jackson Hole Stakes for Fed’s Warsh

Consider the dream of the presumptively dovish Warsh delivering a rate cut this year now officially dead and buried (if it wasn’t already)

2 min read

Economics

Bond Market Drives Long-Term Treasury Yields to 19-Year High, Shrugging Off Hesitant Fed

Photo via Li Yuanqing / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom

Bond investors are demanding higher yields, essentially raising the cost of borrowing no matter what the Fed decides to do in September.

2 min read

Economics

What Is Inflation, Anyway? Prospective Fed Chief Wants to Redefine It

Photo via Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom

Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee for Fed chair, wants to make big changes at the central bank. Will he succeed?

2 min read

Sign Up for The Daily Upside to Unlock This Article

Sharp news & analysis on finance, economics, and investing.