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Now to our top stories. Bloomberg understands that the Trump administration is preparing for the president to nominate Kevin Walsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. Donald Trump says he plans to announce his pick for the job later on today. According to one source, the former Fed governor visited the White House yesterday.
Speaking last night, President Trump teased his impending announcement without giving the name away.
I'm not going to say it tomorrow, but just an outstanding person and a person that won't be too surprising to people. A lot of people think that this is somebody that could have been there a few years ago. It's going to be somebody that is very respected, somebody that's known to everybody in the financial world, and I think it's going to be a very good choice. I hope so.
Donald Trump speaking there. Sources who spoke to Bloomberg on the basis of anonymity warned that the selection is not final until the announcement is made.
Kevin Warsh served on the US Central Bank's Board of Governors from 2006 until 2011 and has advised Trump on economic policy. If nominated and confirmed, he would succeed Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May. Stocks fell and Treasury yields pushed higher on bets that Warsh will become the next Fed chair. Mike McKee is Bloomberg's international economics and policy correspondent.
The thing about Warsh, and the reason you're seeing markets react the way they are at the moment, is that he was very, very hawkish when he was on the Fed before. Even when inflation was low, he wasn't ready to cut interest rates. And obviously, that's completely contrary to what President Trump wants.
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Chapter 2: What are the details of Kevin Warsh's nomination as Fed Chair?
260 people were killed in the tragedy. We're told investigators have found no evidence of mechanical failure or sabotage. Regulations require that a final report on the causes of the incident is issued by June, a year after the plane crashed 32 seconds after takeoff.
Turning to earnings, Apple has delivered record quarterly sales and a better than expected forecast for the current period. Sales at the tech giant trounced Wall Street estimates, jumping 16% to just under $144 billion in the final three months of last year. Bloomberg's chief technology correspondent, Mark Gurman, says it's hard to put into words just how good these results are.
Massive, massive quarter. This is a home run, their greatest quarter ever by... orders of magnitude it's a gigantic beat on overall revenue uh china is back uh you have a big beat on um the iphone in particular 85 billion dollar quarter is just insane uh the installed base two and a half billion the numbers are just beyond excellent
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman setting out the positive results there, driven by the iPhone 17, as Apple also warned that rising component costs are threatening to squeeze margins in news that clouded the record quarter. According to CEO Tim Cook, the company expects more of an impact to gross margins in the current period.
Donald Trump has warned the UK and Canada over striking fresh business deals with China. Speaking to reporters, the US president advised against attempts to afford closer relations with Beijing.
Well, it's very dangerous for them to do that. And it's even more dangerous, I think, for Canada to get into business with China. Canada is not doing well. They're doing very poorly. And you can't look at China as the answer.
President Donald Trump speaking there hours after the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met China's Xi Jinping in Beijing. The UK government announced yesterday that China will relax rules for British tourists and business travellers, allowing them to enter the country visa-free for stays of fewer than 30 days.
Starmer's visit follows that of Canadian leader Mark Carney, who rolled back tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles previously imposed to match US levies.
And President Trump and Senate Democrats have reached a tentative deal to avert a disruptive US government shutdown. The deal would fund the Homeland Security Department for two weeks to allow more time for talks. Democrats are seeking requirements that DHS agents use body cameras and obtain judicial warrants.
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