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Bessent Won’t Rule Out Legal Action as Warsh Fed Nomination Tests Central Bank Independence

Uncertainty over Warsh’s policy path has left only modest 2026 easing priced in.

Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh to Succeed Powell as Fed Chair

Rick Rieder Emerges as Market Front-Runner for Fed Chair After Reported Oval Office Interview

White House Nears Fed Chair Nomination as Markets Elevate Rick Rieder

Trump Nears Fed Chair Pick as Rieder’s Chances Rise and Hassett Likely Stays at NEC

Global Stocks and Metals Set Records After Cooler U.S. CPI as Fed Independence Fight Persists

Trump to Interview BlackRock’s Rick Rieder in Final Round for Fed Chair

Trump Narrows Fed Chair Search to Four, Plans January Pick

Trump Sets Litmus Test for Next Fed Chair as Hassett Leads Contender Field

Trump Narrows Fed Chair Search to Four as Waller Draws Praise in White House Interview

Warsh Edges Ahead in Fed Chair Odds as Hassett Pledges Fed Independence

Trump Names Warsh and Hassett as Leading Candidates to Succeed Powell at the Fed

Trump’s Fed Chair Search Narrows to Kevin Hassett as Markets React and Pushback Mounts

Trump Signals Kevin Hassett as Front-Runner for Fed Chair as Markets Bet on Faster Cuts

Bessent Narrows Fed Chair Search to Five Finalists

Miran Casts Lone Fed Dissent, Urges Half-Point Cut After Narrow Confirmation

Treasury’s Bessent Praises Bullard After Two-Hour Interview in Fed Chair Search

Hassett Backs Fed Independence as Trump Names Finalists to Succeed Powell

Bessent Urges Stripping Fed of Bank Oversight, Calls for Independent Review

Economists and Lagarde Warn of Risks as Cook Fights Trump’s Bid to Remove Fed Governor