The Fed’s Future & Kevin Warsh 7/17/25

President Trump has said he won’t attempt to fire sitting Fed Chair Jerome Powell, but change is coming to the central bank regardless. On Wall Street and in Washington, names floated for the next Federal Reserve chair have included current NEC director Kevin Hassett and former Fed governor Kevin Warsh. In an extended interview, Kevin Warsh calls for a regime change at the bank, positing a revised theory of inflation and sharing lessons from his own history in finance. Plus, President Trump announced that Coca-Cola agreed to use cane sugar in its U.S. drinks, and the House of Representatives has voted to bring forward crypto legislation.

 

Kevin Warsh - 18:39

 

In this episode: 

Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk

Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick

Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin

Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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