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  • Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 25, 2025. The International Monetary Fund sharply lowered its forecasts for world growth for this year and next, warning the outlook could deteriorate further as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs spark a global trade war. Photographer: Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    Squaring the accounts of Kevin Warsh, whom Trump could pick as Fed chairman next year

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 18: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen waits for President Joe Biden to arrive at a National Economic Council roundtable at the White House on November 18th, 2022. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Newsletters

    How Janet Yellen found her match in economics and life with husband George Akerlof

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