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Kevin Warsh confirmed as Fed chair as central bank faces Trump assault

The Senate voted 54 to 45 in favour of Mr Warsh. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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ft.com·May 12, 2026 · 2 g fa
Kevin Warsh to face resurgent inflation and an impatient Donald Trump as chair of the Fed

The Senate confirmed former finance executive and former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh as the U.S. central bank’s new…

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Vote brings to an end one of the most fraught processes of selecting a central bank chief in decades

He becomes Fed chair at a moment of resurgent inflation, public discontent with the economy and attacks on the central bank's…

In the most divisive vote ever for a Fed chair, Warsh, 56, won confirmation to take over for Jerome Powell.

The upper chamber voted to approve Warsh's nomination by a 51-45 vote, on a mostly party-line basis.