Nick Timiraos

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1,192 appearances 14 recordings 5 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 17 Sep

Nick Timiraos’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 14 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 4.

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WSJ What’s News · Trump Shakes Up Expectations on Who Will Be the Next Fed Chair · 16 Jan 2026 podcast

Jay Powell, the current Fed chair, his seat runs until May 15th.

You would probably want to do it two or three months ahead of that so that the Senate can have plenty of time to do the confirmation.

So there are a lot of people who today analysts want to connect with.

the backlash to the probe by the DOJ into the Fed to Hassett falling out of favor.

And the reason for that is pretty simple.

Kevin Hassett had been seen as the frontrunner because of his closeness to Trump, that Trump wants someone who's loyal.

But the probe creates a problem, which is nobody likes this on Capitol Hill.

They think it underscores the idea that

that Donald Trump is going to compromise the independence of the Fed.

And so now there's much more attention being placed by the Senate that's going to have to confirm the next Fed chair on who this person might be.

And so the thinking there would be maybe it'll be easier to get somebody confirmed if they have a little bit more distance and can hold up the idea that they'll be independent.

Well, it doesn't really change too much with either of the two Kevins.

Maybe people think Kevin Hassett would be a little bit more likely than Kevin Warsh to push for rate cuts.

But most analysts who are watching this think that at least in 2026, both men would try to secure a couple more interest rate cuts since that's what Donald Trump has made so clear that he wants.

The question really then would be about, well, what happens in 2027 and 2028?

Thanks for having me.

The Journal. · Why is the Fed Chair Facing a Criminal Investigation? · 13 Jan 2026 podcast

I had been washing the dishes and thinking I was going to be putting my kids to bed.

This was an extraordinary video.

You know, Powell has been very composed and measured.

This is a man who chooses his words extremely carefully.

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