케빈 워시, 트럼프의 지명으로 연방준비제도 최고직 승인에 한 발 더 다가섬
Kevin Warsh is one step closer to top job at the Fed after Trump's pick approved by Senate committee
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2026-04-30 17:20
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워싱턴 (AP) — 상원 은행위원회는 수요일 당파적 투표로 케빈 워시를 제롬 파월의 뒤를 이을 연방준비제도 의장으로 승인했다. 파월은 대통령이 원하는 만큼 차입 비용을 인하하지 않았다는 이유로 도널드 트럼프 대통령의 오랜 비판 대상이었다.
투표 결과는 13-11로, 모든 공화당 상원의원은 찬성표를, 민주당원은 반대표를 던졌다.
워시는 전직 연방준비제도 고위 관계자이지만 해당 기관과 파월의 지도력에 대해 날카로운 비평가이기도 하다. 그는 2022년 인플레이션 급증을 9.1%로 평가했으며 이를 중앙은행의 지난 40년간 가장 큰 정책 실수라고 부르고 있다. 그의 지명에 대한 투표는 아마도 다음 달까지 이루어지지 않을 것으로 보이지만, 파월의 의장직 임기가 5월 15일에 끝나기 전에 승인될 수 있다.
상원 은행위원회의 투표는 연방준비제도 지도부의 미래를 둘러싼 두 가지 주요 사건 중 첫 번째이다. 또한 수요일, 파월은 아마도 연방준비제도의 금리 결정 위원회의 마지막 회의가 될 것이라고 예상되는 회의를 주재하고 있다. 수요일 오후 기자회견에서 파월은 의장직 임기가 끝난 후 중앙은행 이사회 위원으로 남을지 여부를 표시할 수 있다.
파월이 남는 것은 이례적일 것이지만, 그렇게 하면 트럼프 행정부가 이사회에 새로운 위원을 임명할 수 있는 기회를 빼앗기게 될 것이다. 파월은 연방준비제도의 독립성을 보호하는 것이 필요하다고 생각한다면 남을 수 있으며, 이는 그의 지도자로서의 유산이 되었다.
남부캐롤라이나주 공화당인 팀 스콧 상원의원이자 위원회 의장은 워시가 "전투에서 단련된" 인물이라고 말하고 "가정 전반에 바이든노믹스의 굴레를 깨는 것이 매우 중요하다"고 덧붙였다.
매사추세츠주 민주당 상원의원 엘리자베스 워렌은 은행위원회가 워시의 지명에 대해 투표한 것을 비판했다. 그렇게 하면 "대통령이 연방준비제도에 대한 불법적인 통제 시도를 완료하고 경제에 인위적으로 활력을 불어넣는 데 한 발 더 다가서게 될 것"이라고 그녀는 말했으며, 트럼프의 연방준비제도 총재 리사 쿡 해임 시도 및 파월 조사 노력을 언급했다.
연방준비제도는 수요일 3번째 연속 회의에서 자신의 핵심 금리를 약 3.6% 수준에서 유지할 것으로 광범위하게 예상되고 있으며, 이는 더 낮은 금리를 요청하는 트럼프의 요청에 맞선 것이다.
워시는 연방준비제도에서 "체제 변화"를 촉구했으며 경제 모델이 초점을 맞추는 방식, 대중과 소통하는 방식, 장기적으로 채권 보유액 규모 등 많은 관행을 바꿀 수 있다.
이러한 변화는 금융 시장에 영향을 미칠 수 있지만 일반 대중에게는 반드시 눈에 띄지 않을 것이다. 그러나 워시는 추가 금리 인하를 옹호했으며, 이는 잠재적으로 모기지, 자동차 대출 및 사업 대출의 차입 비용을 낮출 수 있다. 그러나 그는 이러한 인하를 곧 시행하는 데 장애물에 직면할 것이다. 주로 이란 전쟁이 가솔린 가격 급등을 초래했고, 인플레이션을 2년 고점인 3.3%로 밀어올렸기 때문이다.
연방준비제도는 일반적으로 악화되는 인플레이션에 대처하기 위해 금리를 높게 유지하거나 심지어 인상한다.
연방준비제도의 금리 결정 위원회의 다른 11명 위원 대부분은 금리를 변경하기 전에 기다리고 인플레이션과 경제가 어디로 향하고 있는지 평가하는 것을 선호한다고 표시했다. 워시가 빠른 금리 인하를 추진하기 위해 충분한 영향력을 구축하는 데는 시간이 걸릴 수 있다. 그는 또한 지난 9월 트럼프가 임명했으며 중앙은행에서 금리 인하의 가장 일관된 옹호자인 연방준비제도의 금리 결정 위원회 위원 스티픈 미란을 대체할 것이다.
워시는 또한 백악관으로부터의 독립성에 대한 의문에 직면하고 있으며, 이는 지난주 상원 은행위원회 청문회에서 그를 괴롭혔던 핵심 문제이다. 수요일 워렌은 "워시 씨는 트럼프의 조종 인형으로서 대통령에 의해 너무 위축되어 트럼프가 2020년 선거를 잃었다고 말할 수조차 없었다"고 말했다.
지난 12월 트럼프는 소셜 미디어 게시물에서 훨씬 낮은 금리를 촉구했으며, "나와 의견이 다른 누구든지 절대 연방준비제도 의장이 될 수 없을 것"이라고 덧붙였다. 그리고 지난주에 그는 Fox Business에 금리가 더 낮아질 것으로 예상된다고 말했으며, "케빈이 들어올 때"라고 했다.
그러나 워시는 청문회에서 트럼프가 금리 인하를 직접적으로 압박한 적이 없다고 부인했다.
투표 결과는 13-11로, 모든 공화당 상원의원은 찬성표를, 민주당원은 반대표를 던졌다.
워시는 전직 연방준비제도 고위 관계자이지만 해당 기관과 파월의 지도력에 대해 날카로운 비평가이기도 하다. 그는 2022년 인플레이션 급증을 9.1%로 평가했으며 이를 중앙은행의 지난 40년간 가장 큰 정책 실수라고 부르고 있다. 그의 지명에 대한 투표는 아마도 다음 달까지 이루어지지 않을 것으로 보이지만, 파월의 의장직 임기가 5월 15일에 끝나기 전에 승인될 수 있다.
상원 은행위원회의 투표는 연방준비제도 지도부의 미래를 둘러싼 두 가지 주요 사건 중 첫 번째이다. 또한 수요일, 파월은 아마도 연방준비제도의 금리 결정 위원회의 마지막 회의가 될 것이라고 예상되는 회의를 주재하고 있다. 수요일 오후 기자회견에서 파월은 의장직 임기가 끝난 후 중앙은행 이사회 위원으로 남을지 여부를 표시할 수 있다.
파월이 남는 것은 이례적일 것이지만, 그렇게 하면 트럼프 행정부가 이사회에 새로운 위원을 임명할 수 있는 기회를 빼앗기게 될 것이다. 파월은 연방준비제도의 독립성을 보호하는 것이 필요하다고 생각한다면 남을 수 있으며, 이는 그의 지도자로서의 유산이 되었다.
남부캐롤라이나주 공화당인 팀 스콧 상원의원이자 위원회 의장은 워시가 "전투에서 단련된" 인물이라고 말하고 "가정 전반에 바이든노믹스의 굴레를 깨는 것이 매우 중요하다"고 덧붙였다.
매사추세츠주 민주당 상원의원 엘리자베스 워렌은 은행위원회가 워시의 지명에 대해 투표한 것을 비판했다. 그렇게 하면 "대통령이 연방준비제도에 대한 불법적인 통제 시도를 완료하고 경제에 인위적으로 활력을 불어넣는 데 한 발 더 다가서게 될 것"이라고 그녀는 말했으며, 트럼프의 연방준비제도 총재 리사 쿡 해임 시도 및 파월 조사 노력을 언급했다.
연방준비제도는 수요일 3번째 연속 회의에서 자신의 핵심 금리를 약 3.6% 수준에서 유지할 것으로 광범위하게 예상되고 있으며, 이는 더 낮은 금리를 요청하는 트럼프의 요청에 맞선 것이다.
워시는 연방준비제도에서 "체제 변화"를 촉구했으며 경제 모델이 초점을 맞추는 방식, 대중과 소통하는 방식, 장기적으로 채권 보유액 규모 등 많은 관행을 바꿀 수 있다.
이러한 변화는 금융 시장에 영향을 미칠 수 있지만 일반 대중에게는 반드시 눈에 띄지 않을 것이다. 그러나 워시는 추가 금리 인하를 옹호했으며, 이는 잠재적으로 모기지, 자동차 대출 및 사업 대출의 차입 비용을 낮출 수 있다. 그러나 그는 이러한 인하를 곧 시행하는 데 장애물에 직면할 것이다. 주로 이란 전쟁이 가솔린 가격 급등을 초래했고, 인플레이션을 2년 고점인 3.3%로 밀어올렸기 때문이다.
연방준비제도는 일반적으로 악화되는 인플레이션에 대처하기 위해 금리를 높게 유지하거나 심지어 인상한다.
연방준비제도의 금리 결정 위원회의 다른 11명 위원 대부분은 금리를 변경하기 전에 기다리고 인플레이션과 경제가 어디로 향하고 있는지 평가하는 것을 선호한다고 표시했다. 워시가 빠른 금리 인하를 추진하기 위해 충분한 영향력을 구축하는 데는 시간이 걸릴 수 있다. 그는 또한 지난 9월 트럼프가 임명했으며 중앙은행에서 금리 인하의 가장 일관된 옹호자인 연방준비제도의 금리 결정 위원회 위원 스티픈 미란을 대체할 것이다.
워시는 또한 백악관으로부터의 독립성에 대한 의문에 직면하고 있으며, 이는 지난주 상원 은행위원회 청문회에서 그를 괴롭혔던 핵심 문제이다. 수요일 워렌은 "워시 씨는 트럼프의 조종 인형으로서 대통령에 의해 너무 위축되어 트럼프가 2020년 선거를 잃었다고 말할 수조차 없었다"고 말했다.
지난 12월 트럼프는 소셜 미디어 게시물에서 훨씬 낮은 금리를 촉구했으며, "나와 의견이 다른 누구든지 절대 연방준비제도 의장이 될 수 없을 것"이라고 덧붙였다. 그리고 지난주에 그는 Fox Business에 금리가 더 낮아질 것으로 예상된다고 말했으며, "케빈이 들어올 때"라고 했다.
그러나 워시는 청문회에서 트럼프가 금리 인하를 직접적으로 압박한 적이 없다고 부인했다.
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Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Banking Committee voted on party lines Wednesday to approve Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve to replace Jerome Powell, a longtime target of President Donald Trump’s insults for not cutting borrowing costs as far as the president wanted.
The vote was 13-11, with all Republican senators voting in favor and Democrats opposed.
Warsh is a former top Fed official but has also been a sharp critic of the institution and Powell’s leadership. He has called the inflation spike to 9.1% in 2022 the central bank’s biggest policy mistake in four decades. A vote on his nomination probably won’t take place until next month, but he could be confirmed by the time Powell’s term as chair ends May 15.
The Senate Banking vote is the first of two key events surrounding the future of the Fed’s leadership. Also Wednesday, Powell is presiding over what will probably be his last meeting of the Fed’s interest rate-setting committee. At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Powell may indicate whether he will remain as a member of the central bank’s board of governors after his term as chair ends.
It would be unusual for Powell to stay, but doing so would deprive the Trump administration of an opportunity to appoint a new member to the board. Powell may choose to stay if he sees it as necessary to protect the Fed’s independence, which has become part of his legacy as its leader.
Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican and chair of the committee, said Warsh is “battle tested” and added that, “It is incredibly important that we break the bind of Bidenomics on households across this nation.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, criticized the banking panel for voting on Warsh’s nomination. Doing so “will bring the president one step closer to completing his illegal attempt to seize control of the Fed and artificially juice the economy,” she said, citing Trump’s effort to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook and investigate Powell.
The Fed on Wednesday is widely expected to leave its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% for its third straight meeting, defying Trump’s calls for lower rates.
Warsh has called for “regime change” at the Fed and could alter many of its practices, including the economics models it focuses on, how it communicates with the public, and how large its bondholdings will be in the long run.
Those changes could affect financial markets, but otherwise won’t necessarily be visible to the general public. But Warsh has also advocated for additional interest rate cuts, which could potentially lower borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, and business loans. He will face barriers to implementing those cuts anytime soon, however, largely because the Iran war has caused a spike in gas prices, pushing inflation to a two-year high of 3.3%.
The Fed typically keeps rates elevated, or even raises them, to combat worsening inflation.
Most of the other 11 members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee have indicated they would prefer to wait and evaluate where inflation and the economy are headed before making any changes to rates. It could take time for Warsh to build up enough influence to push for rapid rate cuts. He will also replace Stephen Miran, a member of the Fed’s rate-setting committee who was appointed by Trump last September and is the most consistent advocate for rate reductions at the central bank.
Warsh also faces questions about his independence from the White House, a key issue that dogged him during a Senate Banking hearing last week. On Wednesday, Warren said, “Mr. Warsh is a Trump sock puppet who is so cowed by the president that he could not even say that Trump lost the 2020 election.”
Last December, Trump called for much lower interest rates in a social media post, and added that “anyone who does not agree with me will never be Fed chair!” And just last week he told Fox Business that he expects rates to head lower, “when Kevin gets in.”
Warsh denied at his hearing, however, that Trump had ever pressured him directly to cut rates.
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Kevin Warsh testifies during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Banking Committee voted on party lines Wednesday to approve Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve to replace Jerome Powell, a longtime target of President Donald Trump’s insults for not cutting borrowing costs as far as the president wanted.
The vote was 13-11, with all Republican senators voting in favor and Democrats opposed.
Warsh is a former top Fed official but has also been a sharp critic of the institution and Powell’s leadership. He has called the inflation spike to 9.1% in 2022 the central bank’s biggest policy mistake in four decades. A vote on his nomination probably won’t take place until next month, but he could be confirmed by the time Powell’s term as chair ends May 15.
The Senate Banking vote is the first of two key events surrounding the future of the Fed’s leadership. Also Wednesday, Powell is presiding over what will probably be his last meeting of the Fed’s interest rate-setting committee. At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Powell may indicate whether he will remain as a member of the central bank’s board of governors after his term as chair ends.
It would be unusual for Powell to stay, but doing so would deprive the Trump administration of an opportunity to appoint a new member to the board. Powell may choose to stay if he sees it as necessary to protect the Fed’s independence, which has become part of his legacy as its leader.
Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican and chair of the committee, said Warsh is “battle tested” and added that, “It is incredibly important that we break the bind of Bidenomics on households across this nation.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, criticized the banking panel for voting on Warsh’s nomination. Doing so “will bring the president one step closer to completing his illegal attempt to seize control of the Fed and artificially juice the economy,” she said, citing Trump’s effort to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook and investigate Powell.
The Fed on Wednesday is widely expected to leave its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% for its third straight meeting, defying Trump’s calls for lower rates.
Warsh has called for “regime change” at the Fed and could alter many of its practices, including the economics models it focuses on, how it communicates with the public, and how large its bondholdings will be in the long run.
Those changes could affect financial markets, but otherwise won’t necessarily be visible to the general public. But Warsh has also advocated for additional interest rate cuts, which could potentially lower borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, and business loans. He will face barriers to implementing those cuts anytime soon, however, largely because the Iran war has caused a spike in gas prices, pushing inflation to a two-year high of 3.3%.
The Fed typically keeps rates elevated, or even raises them, to combat worsening inflation.
Most of the other 11 members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee have indicated they would prefer to wait and evaluate where inflation and the economy are headed before making any changes to rates. It could take time for Warsh to build up enough influence to push for rapid rate cuts. He will also replace Stephen Miran, a member of the Fed’s rate-setting committee who was appointed by Trump last September and is the most consistent advocate for rate reductions at the central bank.
Warsh also faces questions about his independence from the White House, a key issue that dogged him during a Senate Banking hearing last week. On Wednesday, Warren said, “Mr. Warsh is a Trump sock puppet who is so cowed by the president that he could not even say that Trump lost the 2020 election.”
Last December, Trump called for much lower interest rates in a social media post, and added that “anyone who does not agree with me will never be Fed chair!” And just last week he told Fox Business that he expects rates to head lower, “when Kevin gets in.”
Warsh denied at his hearing, however, that Trump had ever pressured him directly to cut rates.