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Federal Reserve Turning Point: Reshaping the Interest Rate Decision Landscape Amid Personnel Shakeups
A few hours after the nomination vote is advanced, the Fed will announce its April interest rate decision, and Powell will also hold his 63rd and likely final press conference as Fed Chair.
If Waller’s nomination as Fed Chair and Board Member is approved, Milan, who is temporarily filling the vacancy, will be replaced, becoming the shortest-serving official since the 1950s. If he does not continue to serve on the Fed afterward, Milan, who has been pushing for rate cuts, will participate in his sixth and final Fed meeting this week.
The current question is—will Powell, as is customary, relinquish his Board seat when he steps down as Fed Chair (end of term on May 15th)? If Powell chooses to leave immediately and another Trump-appointed “insider” fills his Board vacancy, Trump will have four of his appointees (Waller, Bowman, Waller) on the seven-member Federal Reserve Board, providing support for potential aggressive measures (including dismissing regional Fed presidents) to dismantle the traditional structure of the Fed. Powell’s final decision will directly influence the pace and intensity with which Waller or Trump reshapes the Fed’s operational approach.