{"id":61554,"date":"2025-12-02T23:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=61554"},"modified":"2025-12-02T23:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:01:31","slug":"trump-says-kevin-hassett-is-his-potential-future-fed-chair-what-does-it-mean-for-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=61554","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says Kevin Hassett Is His &#8216;Potential Future Fed Chair&#8217; \u2014 What Does It Mean For Markets?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Kevin Hassett<\/strong> has emerged as the leading candidate to replace Federal Reserve Chair<strong> Jerome Powell<\/strong>, signaling a potential shift toward sharply easier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/fed-rate-cuts\">monetary policy next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Break From The Powell Era<\/h3>\n<p>Hassett, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/krugermacro\/status\/1995874965841645887\">currently<\/a> serving as Director of the National Economic Council, holds an 80% probability of becoming the next Fed Chair based on prediction market data from Kalshi as of Dec. 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is known for a supply-side philosophy that argues the inflation battle is effectively won and that maintaining restrictive policy amounts to unnecessary economic drag.<\/p>\n<p>His public comments throughout 2024 and 2025 reveal a consistent push for lower interest rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In multiple interviews he said he would favor immediate cuts, agreeing with President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> that borrowing costs should move significantly lower.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has also suggested that a December decision not to cut rates would reveal partisan motivations rather than economic logic.<\/p>\n<p>The President on Tuesday mentioned Hassett as a \u201cpotential future Fed Chair\u201d, after remarking that his list of candidates is \u201cdown to one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If appointed, Hassett would take Powell&#8217;s seat in May 2026, following the expiration of Powell&#8217;s term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Powell is expected to resign his remaining Governor position shortly afterward, consistent with precedent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That step would give the administration another vacancy to fill on the Board of Governors.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warsh&#8217;s Role And A Possible Structural Shift<\/h3>\n<p>Former Fed Governor <strong>Kevin Warsh<\/strong>, who has openly criticized the institution&#8217;s current structure, remains Hassett&#8217;s strongest competitor &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49175091\/trump-says-kevin-hassett-is-his-potential-future-fed-chair-what-does-it-mean-for-markets?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Trump\" says kevin hassett is his future fed chair what does it mean for markets>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Hassett has emerged as the leading candidate to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, signaling a potential shift toward sharply easier monetary policy next year. A Break From The Powell Era Hassett, currently serving as Director of the National Economic Council, holds an 80% probability of becoming the next Fed Chair based on prediction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-61554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}