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Investors Expect Higher Rates After Fed Chairman’s Inflation Pledge

28 August 2026 at 19:16
Kevin Warsh reiterated the Federal Reserve’s commitment to tackle rising prices, nudging up investor expectations of a rate increase.

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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on Friday.

Fed Chairman Warsh Seeks to Calm Elevated Inflation Concerns

28 August 2026 at 21:36
In a high-profile speech, Kevin M. Warsh said the Federal Reserve was chiefly responsible for taming inflation. If price increases do not return to the central bank’s target quickly, “we have work to do,” he said.

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Kevin M. Warsh, the Federal Reserve chairman, left, used a closely watched speech in Jackson, Wyo., to assure the public that the central bank is committed to tackling inflation.

‘Honeymoon’s Over’: Warsh Under Pressure as Fed Weighs Raising Rates

26 August 2026 at 12:04
Kevin M. Warsh is scheduled to deliver his first address at the Federal Reserve’s annual conference in Jackson, Wyo., with U.S. government bond markets on edge and inflation risks resurfacing.

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Kevin M. Warsh, the Federal Reserve chairman.
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