Here's one name Donald Trump will hear when he looks to replace Janet Yellen as Fed chair
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It's only natural that the name of Kevin Warsh, ex-Fed governor and now a fellow at the Hoover Institution, would come up as a potential replacement to Janet Yellen, whose term expires at the end of January 2018.
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"The Fed is obviously not independent. It's obviously not even close to being independent," he said. "Watch what's going to happen afterwards - it's a very serious problem."
Warsh, a former Morgan Stanley banker, currently "advises several private and public companies, including service on the board of directors of UPS," his profile says.
He recently penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal criticizing the Fed's policy approach, as he often did during his tenure at the central bank.
During that period, his hawkish desire to raise interest rates proved premature and erroneous, future economic conditions would show.
That's why Tim Duy, avid Fed watcher and economics professor at the University of Oregon, was baffled by Warsh's opinion piece, offering an extensive critique here.
Perhaps Duy is missing the bigger picture. Maybe the opinion piece was Warsh's way of throwing his hat in the ring for a Fed chairmanship in 2018.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
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