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EPISODE · Jun 17, 2026 · 11 MIN

Warsh Faces First Big Test at Fed

from WSJ What’s News · host The Wall Street Journal

A.M. Edition for June 17. The Federal Reserve has trained markets to hang on its every word, but new chairman Kevin Warsh would rather it say less and let the economic data do the talking. WSJ chief economics correspondent Nick Timiraos tells us what to expect. Plus, the Trump administration expands its antifraud campaign to state unemployment programs. And we’ll take a bite of the only Gentleman’s Relish we could get our hands on. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Check out the latest What’s News Sunday episode on how health insurance could be a deciding issue in Georgia’s midterms in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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