Takeaways from Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh’s first congressional testimony

Washington —  Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on Tuesday offered his most detailed account yet of the sweeping changes he’s ushering in at America’s central bank and the philosophy behind them. Warsh appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to deliver the Fed’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report, a routine overview of the central bank’s affairs in…

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Latest improvement on inflation isn’t ‘mission accomplished,’ Warsh says

Tuesday’s encouraging inflation report for June likely means Federal Reserve officials can hold interest rates at their current level when they meet later this month to discuss monetary policy. But what’s far less certain is how they will respond if inflation springs back up, a likely outcome since gas prices are moving higher this month….

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