Kevin Warsh

Economics

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

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

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Inflation & Prices

Bond Markets Throw Shade on New Fed Chair’s Inflation Strategy as Interest Rates Hold Steady

The yield on 30-year Treasury bonds hit the highest in 19 years after Warsh spoke following the Fed decision to hold interest rates.

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Inflation & Prices

Fed’s Warsh Promises Congress a Hard Line on Inflation Amid Looming Risks

Consumer prices jumped 3.5% in June. That’s higher than the Fed’s preferred 2% inflation rate, but lower than the 4.2% May rate.

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Advisor Upside

‘Hawkish Hold’ in Interest Rates, Iran Turmoil Prompt Advisors to Rethink Second Half of 2026

Wealth managers are keeping an optimistic, but realistic, outlook for the second half of the year.

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Economics

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

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

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