A New Leader — and a New Showdown — at the Fed

美联储迎来新领导者——以及一场新的对决

The Daily

2026-05-14

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After a year of harassing and threatening Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, President Trump replaced him on Wednesday. Colby Smith, who covers the Fed, explains how the president ended one standoff only to create a new one. Guest: Colby Smith, a New York Times reporter covering the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy. Background reading:  The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the new chair of the Federal Reserve. Video: How Jerome Powell managed a chaotic era. Photo: Kenny Holston/The New York Times, Caroline Gutman for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.

  • This is The Daily.

  • On Wednesday afternoon, after a year of harassing and threatening the chairman of the most powerful financial institution

  • in the country, President Trump finally replaced him, sort of, today.

  • Colby Smith on how the president ended one standoff at the Federal Reserve, only to create a new one.

  • It's Thursday, May 14th.

  • The ayes are 54.

  • The nays are 45.

  • The nomination is confirmed.

  • The president would be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

  • The Senate is confirming Kevin Warsh is the next chair of the Federal Reserve.

  • The move puts President Trump's pick in charge of interest rate policy during a time

  • of high prices and economic uncertainty.

  • Colby, we find ourselves in a very curious place.

  • Just a few hours ago, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Trump's choice to replace Jerome Powell as chairman

  • of the Federal Reserve, Powell whom the president has hated with the heat of a thousand suns, and yet.

  • Powell is refusing to entirely see the stage, even though he's no longer going to be chairman of the Fed.

  • He's made this very surprising decision to stay on at the Fed, not retire.

  • And it 's created this totally unusual scenario,