New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh suggests he may take an Alan Greenspan-style approach at the central bank
Key takeaways
- Warsh harkened back to former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan, the last chair to be sworn in at the White House, and implied that he is setting himself up in Greenspan’s mold.
- “I ve known five of my predecessors in this job, some of them quite well.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who favored Warsh to be Fed chair, frequently cites Greenspan as a historical model for managing the US economy.
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh suggests he may take an Alan Greenspan-style approach at the central bank Jennifer Schonberger · Senior Reporter Sun, May 24, 2026 at 8:50 PM GMT+7 4 min read Newly sworn-in Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh offered some telling comments Friday about how he may govern as head of the US central bank.
Warsh harkened back to former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan, the last chair to be sworn in at the White House, and implied that he is setting himself up in Greenspan’s mold.
“I ve known five of my predecessors in this job, some of them quite well. But Chairman Greenspan was the first to tell me and show me what this role demands,” Warsh said during a ceremony in the East Room. “Like Alan, I intend to fill the role of chairman with energy and purpose, just the way Chairman Greenspan did.”