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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.

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Paul Atkins, the Trump-appointed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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.
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