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June 23, 2026

Warsh's gamble: A quieter Federal Reserve could mean volatile markets, higher rates

  • The new Fed chair appears to be following Alan Greenspan, whose oracular comments often kept investors guessing.
    • By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
    AP Economic Writer

    WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has for decades moved steadily from a remote, opaque government agency that shared little about what it did or why to a more transparent institution willing to explain how it makes decisions and what it thinks about the economy.

    But in his first press conference last Wednesday, new chair Kevin Warsh began to reverse some of those steps. Warsh, like many economists, thinks the financial markets have become too dependent on Fed guidance, and that such direction is more effective in financial crises or economic downturns.


     
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