Fed Warsh’s Debut: What Happens When the Fed’s “Script” Changes?
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New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh made his first FOMC appearance this week, and his hawkish tone immediately poured cold water on markets, triggering a sharp repricing across global assets. The policy rate itself did not change. The Fed kept rates unchanged at 3.5%–3.75% for the fourth consecutive meeting, with a unanimous 12-0 vote. What scared the market was not the rate decision. It was that Warsh effectively took away the Fed’s “script.” But the story reversed the very next day. On Thursday night, the three major indices rebounded strongly, led by tech: $NASDAQ 100(NDX)$rose 2.48%, $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$gained 1.91%, and $S&P
