Stock investors expect the Fed to save them. But no ‘Warsh put’ is coming.
Wall Street’s belief in a central bank safety net misreads the dot-com crash. Alan Greenspan was following rules — not saving portfolios.
Last updated: 2026-06-24 08:11:25 ET
Wall Street’s belief in a central bank safety net misreads the dot-com crash. Alan Greenspan was following rules — not saving portfolios.
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh appears to be supportive of bond markets leading the way — so he doesn’t have to hike interest rates
Kevin M. Warsh has long singled out Alan Greenspan, who died on Monday, as the central banker he wants to exemplify.
'There will be pressure to retreat'
Warsh may hope the threat of rate hikes is enough. But stocks might gain ground if he does, and past rate-hike cycles can be a guide.
The first big announced changes point toward a quiet revolution, with task forces set up to rethink virtually everything done at the Fed.
Nearly every Democrat in the Senate opposed Kevin Warsh’s nomination as Fed chair mainly because they said he would be a tool of the man who appoint...
The Federal Reserve is in a “new era,” but home buyers are facing the same old affordability challenges.
During his first press conference as Fed chair Wednesday, Kevin Warsh repeated one refrain in his answers to many reporters’ questions: A task force...
Here’s what the central bank’s hawkish agenda means for your money.
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