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President Donald Trump said he intends to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, according to a post on his Truth Social platform.

“I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” Trump wrote. “On top of everything else, he is ‘central casting,’ and he will never let you down.”

Warsh, who served on the US central bank’s Board of Governors from 2006 to 2011 and has previously advised Trump on economic policy, would succeed Jerome Powell when his term at the helm ends in May. It marks a comeback for Warsh, 55, whom the president passed over for the top job in 2017 when he selected Powell.

If confirmed by the Senate, the former Fed governor will take charge of US monetary policy at a time when many economists and investors see its traditional insulation from elected officials as being under threat from the White House. Warsh aligned himself with the president in 2025 by arguing publicly for lower interest rates, going against his longstanding reputation as an inflation hawk.
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Apple delivered record quarterly sales and a better-than-anticipated forecast for the current period, even as the company warned that rising component costs are threatening to squeeze margins.

Revenue will rise 13% to 16% in the second quarter, which runs through March, the company said Thursday during a conference call with analysts. That exceeded the 10% projected by Wall Street — showing that Apple can maintain momentum after an iPhone-fueled sales surge in the December quarter.

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Tom Keene breaks down the Single Best Idea from the latest edition of Bloomberg Surveillance Radio.
In this episode, we feature conversations with Madison and Wall’s Brian Wieser & Nancy Lazar of Piper Sandler.
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Featuring:
Claudia Sahm, Chief Economist at New Century Advisors
Angelo Zino, CFRA Senior VP and Head of Technology
Jeanette Lowe, Managing Director of Policy Research at Strategas Securities
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Watch Tom and Paul LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Surveillance hosted by Tom Keene & Paul SweeneyThursday, January 29th, 2026
Featuring:
1) Brian Wieser, CEO & Principal at Madison and Wall, reacts to the week's mega-cap tech earnings.
2) Jerome Schneider, Head of Short-Term Portfolio Management at PIMCO, discusses how fiscal and productivity trends complicate Fed easing plans.
3) Stefanie Stantcheva, Professor of Economics & Founder of the Social Economics Lab at Harvard University, discusses her research on the role of emotion in policy decisions
4) Alexis Christoforous joins with the latest headlines in newspapers across the US, including Bloomberg News story on Robinhood eyeing a role in SpaceX's IPO, and New York Times reporting on the Sundance Film Festival leaving Park City, Utah.
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