Kevin Warsh

Chair, Federal Reserve System · 1 appearance on the record.

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He serves as the 17th chair of the Federal Reserve, having earlier served on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 2006 to 2011 and as a White House economic policy advisor. Between his stints at the central bank, he was a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and a partner at Duquesne Family Office.

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Everything Kevin Warsh said on TBPN that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion

Warsh: The wealthiest extract the primary gains from central bank QE

“Where the gains have been extracted by the most well-to-do, by the most sophisticated, who see that the central banks are, to one degree or another, trying to get asset prices up to drag up the real economy. They get the joke, they have been willing to play th…”

Kevin Warsh Jan 31, 2026 ▶ 16:44 Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair, Google targets Chinese Cyber Weapon, WSJ Mansion Section | Diet TBPN

Opinion

Warsh: The Federal Reserve Needs Less Groupthink and Diverse Models

“What the Fed needs is a more robust discussion of ideas. Less groupthink. I don't like it that everyone's following the same model.”

Kevin Warsh Jan 31, 2026 ▶ 1:07 Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair, Google targets Chinese Cyber Weapon, WSJ Mansion Section | Diet TBPN

Insight

Warsh: Quantitative easing impacts the economy primarily through asset prices, not lending

“Easing is fundamentally different than cutting interest rates, in that it appears to be working through fundamentally different transmission channels. No longer credit channels and lending channels appear to be the dominant way in which it impacts the economy.…”

Kevin Warsh Jan 31, 2026 ▶ 15:32 Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair, Google targets Chinese Cyber Weapon, WSJ Mansion Section | Diet TBPN

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Assertion Supported

Coogan: Warsh Views 2% Inflation as Upper Bound, Prefers 1-2%

“He said, two percent should be the upper bound. One to two percent is more of a realistic target.”

John Coogan Jan 31, 2026 ▶ 9:08 Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair, Google targets Chinese Cyber Weapon, WSJ Mansion Section | Diet TBPN

Assertion Supported

Coogan: Kevin Warsh Became Youngest Fed Governor in History at 35

“So he joins, he moves to DC, gets involved in politics in two and two, and he joins the fed in 2006 at 35. And he was the youngest governor in the feds history.”

John Coogan Jan 31, 2026 ▶ 2:58 Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair, Google targets Chinese Cyber Weapon, WSJ Mansion Section | Diet TBPN

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2026 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode

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Snap SPECS, Taste Labs Timeline Turmoil, AI Execs at G7 | Diet TBPN Jun 18, 2026 · 1 mention · from 21:35
Trump-Xi Summit, Space Data Center Debate, Inflation Up | Diet TBPN May 14, 2026 · 1 mention · from 29:28
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Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair, Google targets Chinese Cyber Weapon, WSJ Mansion Section \| Diet	Jan 31, 2026	1m

Played on the show (1)

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