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High inflation, weak jobs numbers and presidential interference trouble the Federal Reserve
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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

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

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

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