As regime change looms at the Fed, one candidate emerges as frontrunner for chair

As regime change looms at the Fed, one candidate emerges as frontrunner for chair


Key Points
  • National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett has been dubbed the clear favorite for the next Federal Reserve chair.
  • Asked Sunday about the situation, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, “I know who I am going to pick, yeah. We’ll be announcing it.”
  • Whomever the actual pick is will take over a Fed that is currently torn over the future course of interest rates and is facing calls for aggressive reforms.



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