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Trump names Warsh, Hassett as top Fed contenders, WSJ says

Mr Kevin Warsh (left), a former Fed governor, has climbed up the list of contenders to challenge Mr Kevin Hassett, whom many had seen as the frontrunner for the job.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Dec 11, 2025

(From left) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron after a Dec 8 meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in London.

Divided US Fed makes third rate cut in 2025, sees just one reduction in 2026

US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell delivering a press briefing after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Dec 10.

Divided US Fed set for contentious interest rate meeting

2026 will already mark a period of significant change with the conclusion of Mr Jerome Powell’s tenure as chair in May.

Trump says he will make Fed chief announcement in early 2026

US President Donald Trump speaking during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Dec 2.

Ex-Fed governor Adriana Kugler resigned after violating trading rules, documents show

The Office of Government Ethics on Nov 15 released Dr Adriana Kugler’s latest financial disclosures, which included previously undisclosed trading in multiple individual stocks in 2024 – some of which occurred during the Fed’s blackout period – in violation of the agency’s ethics rules.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 30, 2025

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said a further reduction in the policy rate in December is not a foregone conclusion.

Dow ends down, S&P 500 near flat as Powell says December rate cut far from assured

A screen displays a headline about the US Federal Reserve rate cut announcement as a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City.

US Fed on track to cut rates again on Oct 29 in penultimate decision of 2025

Analysts and traders expect most policymakers on the Fed’s rate-setting committee will back a quarter percentage-point cut.

Lone dissent shows Powell kept Fed united amid Trump pressure

Fed chair Jerome Powell managed against the odds to forge a near-unanimous consensus at this week’s policy meeting.

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