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Kevin Warsh as Fed chair has presided over two rate-setting meetings, ending speculation about his hawkish vs. dovish stance on inflation. His monetary tightening approach directly impacts venture capital availability and tech sector borrowing costs.
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High inflation, weak jobs numbers and presidential interference trouble the Federal Reserve

Kevin Warsh, the unlucky new chairman, has seen his case for lower interest rates disintegrate

The new Fed chair will struggle to appease his colleagues, the market and Donald Trump all at once

The new chairman enlists heavy-hitters to fight a handful of gnarly problems

There is much to like about the next Fed chairman—if his backbone holds

Donald Trump’s nominee was an inflation hawk—until he wasn’t