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What does the new Fed chair mean for interest rates?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published May 14, 2026 at 11:11 AM CDT

Ali Velshi, MSNow host and chief data reporter, joins Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd to discuss the Senate confirming Kevin Warsh as the new Federal Reserve chair and what this change might mean for interest rates.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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