{"id":601262,"date":"2026-05-18T23:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/odds-against-rate-cuts-high-as-new-us-fed-chair-set-for-swearing-in\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T23:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:52:44","slug":"odds-against-rate-cuts-high-as-new-us-fed-chair-set-for-swearing-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/odds-against-rate-cuts-high-as-new-us-fed-chair-set-for-swearing-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Odds against rate cuts high as new US Fed chair set for swearing in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9iYW5rLWJ1aWxkaW5nLWhhbGwtZW50cmFuY2UtZG9vci1mZWQuanBn.jpg\" alt=\"Odds against rate cuts high as new US Fed chair set for swearing in\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many experts voiced concerns that the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair would lead to uncertainty about the central bank\u2019s independence, particularly in setting interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Warsh is set to be sworn in as the next chair of the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors on Friday amid speculation about whether he&#8217;ll do what US President Donald Trump hopes he does: Lower interest rates once in office.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the US Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/kevin-warsh-fed-governor-confirmation-us-senate\">voted largely along party lines<\/a> to confirm Warsh as the next Fed chair, succeeding Jerome Powell. While Trump nominated both Fed governors in different terms, the president repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/15\/nx-s1-5786478\/trump-federa-reserve-jerome-powell\">threatened<\/a> to fire Powell in recent months, saying that the Fed chair \u201cshould be lowering interest rates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/kalshi.com\/markets\/kxratecut\/fed-rate-cut\/kxratecut-26dec31\"><em>Kalshi<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/interest-rates-fed-chair-kevin-warsh-sworn-in\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many experts voiced concerns that the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair would lead to uncertainty about the central bank\u2019s independence, particularly in setting interest rates. Kevin Warsh is set to be sworn in as the next chair of the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors on Friday amid speculation about whether he&#8217;ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-601262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}