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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.

WATCH: Fed Chair Warsh signals stubborn inflation may require rate hikes in Jackson Hole speech

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Friday that inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he had sent previously about his economic outlook.

Warsh’s Big Test at Jackson Hole

Investors want Kevin Warsh, the Fed chairman, to address inflation, interest rates and the bond market in a major speech. Some worry he won’t say enough.

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Investors are eagerly awaiting today’s speech by Kevin Warsh, the Fed chairman.

‘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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