Warsh-Led Fed Shifts to a Hawkish, Guidance-Free Regime
Under new chair Kevin Warsh the Fed abandons forward guidance and tilts its reaction function toward higher rates over the next 3-9 months, raising the odds of a hike rather than a cut and resetting how markets read policy.
weakening · confidence 43 · -16 7d · Medium term (3-9 months) · tracking since June 19, 2026 · updated June 25, 2026
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Daily conviction score, 0 to 100. Higher means the thesis is more strongly corroborated.
Now 43 · -6 since Jun 24 · ranged 43 to 49
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Why the conviction moved
- Jun 25Weakened
New Fed chair Warsh is reportedly weighing whether AI-driven productivity justifies easier money, drawing selective lessons from the 1990s tech boom—cutting against a purely hawkish, higher-rates tilt.
- Jun 19Strengthened
Warsh's first meeting as chair removed the central bank's forward guidance and the dot projections shifted toward higher rates, briefly pushing stocks lower before they recovered.
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Contradicting · June 25, 2026
Warsh's Fed Weighs Whether AI Justifies Easier Money
New Fed chair Warsh is reportedly weighing whether AI-driven productivity justifies easier money, drawing selective lessons from the 1990s tech boom—cutting against a purely hawkish, higher-rates tilt.
The EconomistSupporting · June 19, 2026
Warsh's First Fed Meeting Signals a Possible Rate Hike, Not a Cut
Warsh's first meeting as chair removed the central bank's forward guidance and the dot projections shifted toward higher rates, briefly pushing stocks lower before they recovered.
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