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Matthew Rose, an Opinion editorial director, hosted an online conversation with three contributing Opinion writers (Oren Cass, Natasha Sarin, and Jason Forman) about the Federal Reserve.
Matthew Rose: After months of trailers and teases, we have President Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Reserve. If you were betting it would be a man called Kevin, congratulations! But instead of Kevin Hassett, the top White House economics adviser and an early front-runner, it’s Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor who narrowly missed being picked by Mr. Trump in the president’s first term.
Let’s start with your first instincts about the choice. From a scale of 1 to 10, where do you fall?
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Oren Cass: Well then, put me down for an enthusiastic 8. We appear to be continuing the long-running tradition of qualified Federal Reserve chairs who will strive to maintain independence, subject to the political constraints of our constitutional order.
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