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Victoria Guida
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Economics correspondent and columnist at Politico. Signal: vguida.28
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Trump wants the Fed to cut rates. Kevin Warsh has bigger plans.
Trump wants the Fed to cut rates. Kevin Warsh has bigger plans.
Any turbulence that pushes up longer-term rates would clash with the president’s goal of cutting borrowing costs for the government and lowering mortgage rates.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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For more than a decade, Kevin Warsh has advocated reining in the Fed’s pivotal role in the nation’s financial markets.

Now, he may finally get the chance to do it. And Wall Street is obsessed with finding out what comes next.

w/ @samjsutton.bsky.social
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Trump wants the Fed to cut rates. Kevin Warsh has bigger plans.
Any turbulence that pushes up longer-term rates would clash with the president’s goal of cutting borrowing costs for the government and lowering mortgage rates.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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Bitcoin slides below $70,000 as silver drops 10%:
There is a palpable sense of forced deleveraging and margin calls rippling through the more speculative corners of the financial system.
#bitcoin #gold #markets
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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The odds seem stacked against Kevin Warsh, but the carefully crafted career path he has traveled up to this point suggests he is perhaps uniquely situated to pull off being Trump’s Fed chair

A portrait of him, by me & the very talented @ianwardreports.bsky.social
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What Does Trump’s Next Fed Chief Really Believe?
A childhood job at a racetrack taught Kevin Warsh more than he realized about how to amass power. If he’s confirmed as Fed chair, he’ll have to place his riskiest bet yet.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Shorter Powell: the economy looks more boring and so we want to be boring too. Please, for the love of god, let us be boring.
January 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Shutdown risk grows as Democrats revolt after Minneapolis shooting
Shutdown risk grows as Democrats revolt after Minneapolis shooting
More senators are vowing to oppose immigration enforcement funding, which is part of a six-bill package set for Senate action next week.
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January 24, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Treasury Secretary Bessent is redefining the relationship between the administration and federal regulators, which have long enjoyed significant autonomy in supervising banks.

Up next: overhauling the post-2008 crisis rulebook
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‘Fundamental reset’: Scott Bessent has a plan to free the nation’s banks
The speed of the deregulation is sparking concern that the Treasury secretary is putting Wall Street’s interests ahead of the stability of the financial system.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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NEW: The Supreme Court appeared skeptical about Trump's rush to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed Board, suggesting there might be limits to his power to fire her "for cause" without a review of the allegations against her
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January 21, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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President Trump is taking his feud with the Fed to the next level as his DOJ launches a criminal investigation into chairman Jerome Powell. @vtg2.bsky.social and Ankush Khardori weigh in on the latest developments.
January 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Meet the man who is likely to be one of the most important forces within the central bank no matter who the next Fed chief is.

My latest column:
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Can This Man Save the Federal Reserve?
Christopher Waller probably won’t be the next Fed chair. Trump’s agenda at the central bank may still depend on him.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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"A reading of the public record suggests the kind of things we’re talking about here is whether Powell lied when he said there were “no rooftop gardens” when there will in fact be “vegetated roof spaces,” according to documents the Fed submitted to the National Capital Planning Commission."
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Four takeaways from the administration’s investigation of Jay Powell.

My latest column:
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Why Powell Isn't Flinching At Trump's Attack
If markets really think the Fed is going to base policy on the president's whims rather than what’s best for the economy, it could cause a financial bloodbath.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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“History tells us that when the independence of the central bank is compromised, bad things happen. It’s very worrisome.”

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DOJ opens probe into Fed's Powell, drawing backlash from lawmakers
The move is a sharp escalation of Trump’s clash with the Fed chief, who he has pushed to lower interest rates.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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JUST IN: Senate Finance Committee member Thom Tillis (R-SC) threatens to block Fed nominations over DOJ's Powell probe. DOJ says US Attorneys have been told to "prioritize investigating any abuse of taxpayer dollars." w/@vtg2 @meredithllee @samjsutton www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
DOJ opens probe into Fed's Powell, drawing backlash from lawmakers
The move is a sharp escalation of Trump’s clash with the Fed chief, who he has pushed to lower interest rates.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
vtg2.bsky.social
Btw, whatever happens Jan. 20, the White House is being explicit about what President Trump is promising
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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🚨 FRIDAY NIGHT NEWS: President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he would put a temporary cap on credit card interest rates with a limit of 10 percent, in line with an idea he floated on the campaign trail.
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Trump says he will temporarily cap credit card rates
He said there would be a one-year cap on credit card rates as of Jan. 20.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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January 10, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent.
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Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... #NumbersDay
Employment Situation Summary - 2025 M11 Results
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January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will move to ban institutional investors from acquiring more single-family homes and called on Congress to back the initiative, in a bid to bring down the cost of housing.
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Trump pushes to limit Wall Street’s footprint in housing
Housing affordability is set to be a central battleground in this year’s midterm elections.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Former BLS commissioner Bill Beach says the agency has lost 25% of its staff since January. 40% of leadership positions are vacant. And DOL leadership “does not seem to support the Bureau.”
#ASSA2026 #EconSky
January 5, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Hassett’s detractors believe he has not been effective as head of the National Economic Council other than as a public messenger for the president’s agenda, playing little part in driving policies
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Trump officials privately raise doubts about Hassett for Fed chair
Hassett’s critics say he has not been effective as head of the National Economic Council, playing little part in driving policies.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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NEWS: White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett is a frontrunner to be President Donald Trump’s choice to chair the Federal Reserve, but some in the administration are questioning whether he’s up to the job.
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Trump officials privately raise doubts about Hassett for Fed chair
Hassett’s critics say he has not been effective as head of the National Economic Council, playing little part in driving policies.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Q from @vtg2.bsky.social : Why are you cutting a third time this year with inflation at 3%?

A: "it is really tariffs that is causing the -- most of the inflation overshoot. We do think of those as likely to, in the current situation, as likely to be a one-time -- you know, one-time price increase."
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A divided Federal Reserve voted to lower interest rates again on Wednesday, but officials signaled that another cut won’t be immediate, a stance that will ratchet up tensions with President Donald Trump.
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A split Fed cuts interest rates but signals it's likely to pause
A decision to hold off on further rate reductions risks drawing more criticism from the president.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Trump wants his Fed chair to cut rates. The economy may have other ideas.
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Trump wants his Fed chair to cut rates. The economy may have other ideas.
The president's pronouncement that his new Fed chair would have to cut rates raises further alarms about his potential interference in central bank policymaking.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM