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Fed Governor Stephen Miran, a major supporter of more interest-rate cuts, resigned in light of Kevin Warsh’s arrival as Chair replacing Jerome Powell.
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When Jerome Powell was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve eight years ago, economists worried that inflation and interest rates were too low and that too few Americans had jobs.
The fed funds futures market is pricing in an increase as soon as December.
Bond traders are sending incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh a welcome aboard message that puts a bit of a kibosh on his plan — which reflects President Donald Trump’s persistent demands — to lower interest rates.
When Jerome Powell was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve eight years ago, economists worried that inflation and interest rates were too low and that too few Americans had jobs.
For most of 2026, Wall Street treated Federal Reserve rate cuts as inevitable. The only debate was whether investors would get two cuts or three. Bond traders, stock investors, and mortgage borrowers all built their expectations around the idea that inflation was cooling enough for the Fed to ride to the rescue.