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A 50 bps rate hike? Warsh's Fed has a comms problem

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's disdain for "forward guidance" is clear. Unfortunately, what is filling that communication void is anything but. Since replacing Jerome Powell as Fed chair in May, Warsh has been on a mission to overhaul nearly every aspect of ​how the central bank functions, from reducing the number of policy meetings each year to completely restructuring its decision-making framework. Muddled messaging has become a feature of ‌the new-look Fed, not a bug. [....]