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July 14, 2026
Inflation Slowed During Pause in War With Iran
The Consumer Price Index fell to a 3.5 percent annual increase in June, and prices marked their biggest drop from a month earlier since 2020.
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July 14, 2026
Warsh to Reiterate Fed’s Pledge to Get Inflation Down
Kevin M. Warsh, since becoming chairman of the Federal Reserve, has declined to say whether he supports higher interest rates to tame price pressures.
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July 1, 2026
Fed’s Warsh Says Inflation Poses Less Risk Than a Few Weeks Ago
The Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh, stressed that the central bank would “deliver price stability,” a point he has emphasized repeatedly since taking over in May.
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June 29, 2026
Trump Renews Threat to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook After Supreme Court Ruling
President Trump promised to “take appropriate action immediately” against Lisa Cook, the Fed governor he had tried to fire, even as the court affirmed that Fed officials can be fired only for cause.
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June 29, 2026
How Warsh Has Begun to Change the Fed
Just weeks into his job as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin M. Warsh has embraced some of the central bank’s conventions while signaling seismic shifts ahead.
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June 25, 2026
U.S. Inflation Problems Are Far From Over
The Federal Reserve’s new chairman has vowed to deliver price stability, but officials are at odds over whether that will require higher borrowing costs.
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June 22, 2026
Warsh Looks to Greenspan in Designing Approach to Fed Chairmanship
Kevin M. Warsh has long singled out Alan Greenspan, who died on Monday, as the central banker he wants to exemplify.
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June 18, 2026
Warsh Wants the Fed to Send Fewer Signals. That Comes With Risks.
Investors piled on bets for higher borrowing costs after Kevin Warsh opted against providing policy guidance at his first meeting as Federal Reserve chairman.
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June 17, 2026
How Local Police Are Working for ICE, and an Unusual Data Center Dispute
Plus, the gym is the new first date.
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June 17, 2026
What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s June Meeting
The U.S. central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at Kevin M. Warsh’s first meeting as chairman.
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June 16, 2026
Warsh Faces Tenuous Balancing Act in First Fed Meeting as Chairman
Elevated inflation and the specter of rate increases will greet Kevin M. Warsh in his debut as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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June 10, 2026
Inflation Keeps Prospects of a Fed Rate Cut Low
The Consumer Price Index is one of the last major data releases ahead Kevin M. Warsh’s first meeting as chair of the Federal Reserve.
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May 28, 2026
Iran War Lifts a Second Inflation Reading to Highest Level Since 2023
Officials at the central bank have embraced the possibility of higher interest rates to get resurgent inflation under control.
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May 22, 2026
Warsh to Take Charge of Fed Facing Rising Inflation Threat
The economic backdrop that Kevin M. Warsh inherits as chair of the Federal Reserve does not call for the interest rate cuts that President Trump wants.
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May 20, 2026
Majority of Fed Officials Embraced Possibility of Higher Rates at Latest Meeting
A record of the April meeting, Jerome H. Powell’s last as chair, underscored the extent to which the war with Iran has upended the economic outlook.
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May 15, 2026
As Powell Steps Down, the Fed Confronts ‘Regime Change’
Jerome H. Powell is passing the chair’s baton to Kevin M. Warsh at the Federal Reserve, an institution that President Trump’s pick says needs an overhaul.
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May 14, 2026
China’s Growing Leverage Over the U.S., and How Oil Companies Hit the Jackpot
Plus, a surprise reversal in the Murdaugh murder case.
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May 13, 2026
How Jerome Powell Managed a Chaotic Era
Our reporter Colby Smith, who covers the Federal Reserve and the economy, looks back at Jerome Powell’s tenure as chair of the Fed.
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May 13, 2026
Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair
President Trump’s pick to replace Jerome H. Powell takes the helm at a highly uncertain moment for the economy and with heightened concern about the Federal Reserve’s ability to operate independently.
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May 8, 2026
Federal Reserve Turns Focus to Inflation as Job Market Stabilizes
April’s report showed employers added more jobs than expected, supporting the central bank’s view that it can afford to hold interest rates steady.
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May 1, 2026
Fed Officials Cite Inflation Concerns in Defending Dissents
The Federal Reserve’s meeting this week was the most divisive in decades, a sign that President Trump’s pick to lead the central bank will face opposition if he pursues substantially lower interest...
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April 30, 2026
Behind Powell’s High-Stakes Decision to Stay at the Fed
Jerome H. Powell will remain a governor at the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends, in a bid to guard against a further incursion by the Trump administration on the central bank’s independ...
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April 29, 2026
Powell Says He Will Stay On as Fed Governor After Term as Chair Ends
Jerome H. Powell cited lingering legal threats against him and the Federal Reserve in explaining his decision to remain at the central bank.
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April 29, 2026
What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s April Meeting
The U.S. central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at what is scheduled to be Jerome H. Powell’s final meeting as chair.
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April 29, 2026
What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s April Meeting
The U.S. central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at what is scheduled to be Jerome H. Powell’s final meeting as chair.
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April 28, 2026
Transition to a New Fed Chair Is Unlikely to Mean Immediate Rate Cuts
The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week as Jerome H. Powell presides over what is likely to be his last meeting as chair.
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April 26, 2026
Tillis Prepared to Advance Fed Nominee after Justice Dropped Probe
Senator Thom Tillis said he had received assurances from federal prosecutors that eased his concerns, setting the stage for a key committee vote on Kevin Warsh.
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April 24, 2026
The ‘Lasting Damage’ of Pirro’s Investigation of the Federal Reserve and Powell
The Trump administration’s attacks on the Federal Reserve have rattled confidence in the central bank’s ability to operate independently before a leadership transition.
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April 24, 2026
Justice Department Drops Criminal Investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell
The decision to end the inquiry into Jerome H. Powell’s handling of the Federal Reserve’s renovation could allow Kevin M. Warsh, the president’s pick for Fed chair, to be confirmed.
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April 24, 2026
How Kevin Warsh Could Shrink the Fed’s Footprint in Financial Markets
President Trump’s nominee to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve wants to overhaul the central bank, including its more than $6 trillion balance sheet.
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