Claire Jones
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248 appearances
11 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 17 Sep
Claire Jones’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, as one would expect, given the current environment and all of Donald Trump's calls for the Fed to cut rates and threats to fire current Fed Chair Jay Powell and his colleagues, the hearing was very much focused on whether or not Kevin Walsh can ensure the US Federal Reserve, the most important central bank in the world, can remain independent from the White House.
Walsh was pretty adamant that it could and also claimed that the president had never asked him to cut interest rates.
So Walsh is a very rich man.
We know from his financial disclosures that all Senate nominated officials have to submit that he has assets worth at least $130 million.
The big questions were exactly what are some of those assets?
A lot of what he holds is confidential.
Elizabeth Warren, the most senior Democrat on the banking committee, didn't seem to like that very much.
There were also questions from her and others as to when Walsh planned to divest of some of his assets and what he planned to do with the proceeds.
On the detail, we didn't get that much information yesterday on what he tends to do about the rise in inflation we've seen due to the rise in energy prices that's resulted from the Iran war.
What we do know is that he's very, very interested indeed on what impacts the AI-induced boom that we're seeing right now will have on the US economy.
Most Fed officials think that it's gonna
What is next for Warsh in this nomination process?
There are a lot more hurdles.
Chief among them is the administration's criminal probe into Jay Powell.
Tom Tillis, who's one of the Republican senators on the banking committee, has said he won't allow Walsh to move forward to the Senate floor until the probe against Powell is dropped.
There's no signs from the White House or from the Department of Justice that that's going to happen anytime soon.
Having said that, once the probe does go away, you know, his hearing was very confident.
He's clearly got a lot of relevant experience.
And the sense you get is that eventually he is going to get a majority in the Senate and he is going to be confirmed as the next Fed chair.
But there's still a way to go.
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