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Odd Lots: Adam Posen on How It Could Get Messy for Fed (Podcast)

Bloomberg Markets Tuesday 01 September 2026, 08:00 UTC By Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal 1 min read
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Chairman Kevin Warsh gave a hawkish speech at this year’s annual Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, but that doesn’t mean the challenges are over. Will the Fed actually pull the trigger on rate hikes? What happens if the central bank doesn’t act quickly enough to curb inflation?

Chairman Kevin Warsh gave a hawkish speech at this year’s annual Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, but that doesn’t mean the challenges are over. Will the Fed actually pull the trigger on rate hikes? What happens if the central bank doesn’t act quickly enough to curb inflation? And how exactly will the new chair want to leave his mark on the Fed? In this episode, we speak with Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, w
Adam Posen (PERSON) Fed (ORG) Kevin Warsh (PERSON) Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank Economic Policy Symposium (ORG) Jackson Hole (LOCATION) the Peterson Institute for International Economics (ORG)
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