6 Words From Now-Former Fed Chair Jerome Powell That Will Echo Through Wall Street for Years to Come
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- Sean Williams, The Motley Fool Sat, May 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM GMT+7 6 min read ^DJI ^GSPC ^IXIC NVDA You might not realize it, but you ve just borne witness to history.
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- Most investors are likely to remember former Fed Chair Powell s contentious final year, given the public feud between him and President Donald Trump concerning interest rates.
Sean Williams, The Motley Fool Sat, May 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM GMT+7 6 min read ^DJI ^GSPC ^IXIC NVDA You might not realize it, but you ve just borne witness to history. Yesterday, May 15, marked the final day of Jerome Powell s two-term tenure as Fed chair and the beginning of Kevin Warsh s first term as the head of the Federal Reserve. In over 110 years, there have been only 17 Fed chairs, including Warsh.
But just because Powell s time as Fed chair is up (he s chosen to remain on the Board of Governors to fulfill the remainder of his 14-year term), it doesn t mean his actions and opinions won t continue to echo on Wall Street and potentially impact the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) for years to come.
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