Fed nominee Kevin Warsh faces impossible task in rate cuts sought by Trump

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Kevin Warsh, the nominee to be chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, faces the prospect that he might not be able to implement the rate cuts that President Donald Trump has called for.

The economic conditions have changed dramatically since Warsh was nominated, especially because of the Iran war, in ways that would make it much more difficult for the central bank to pursue monetary easing.

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