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What the Market is missing about the Powell FED Nomination

The market breathed a sigh of relief last Thursday when Donald Trump announced that he was nominating Jerome Powell to be the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Powell is viewed as the centrist and status quo candidate. Unlike John Taylor, who was the other leading candidate, he is unlikely to take the Fed in a more radical direction on monetary policy.
That said, there are a couple of key differences between how a Powell Fed might operate compared to the Yellen Fed that the market seems to be missing. We would advise investors to watch the FOMC, not just the Fed Chair, to evaluate the possible path of monetary policy:
- A shift in power: Jerome Powell is reputedly a consensus builder on monetary policy, and the market has given little attention to the likely composition of the FOMC in 2018 and beyond.
- A more hawkish Fed: The voting rotation of regional Fed presidents in 2018 already guarantees a more hawkish shift. In addition, there are a possible five out of seven vacant positions on the Fed’s Board of Governors that Trump will be filling. The most likely candidates will be Republicans who tilt toward deregulation and rules- based approaches to monetary policy, which would be more hawkish than the Yellen Fed.
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