Wall Street Has a Federal Reserve Problem, With a Perfect Storm Brewing in 2026

Wall Street's foundational financial institution is rife with red flags, and the stock market could pay the price.

In the Market: Wall Street’s banking on next Fed chair to stand up to Trump

Trump bemoaned last week his issue with naming the next Federal Reserve chair: The problem, he said, is they change once they have the job. Wall Street is counting on it.

Finance Leaders Weigh In on Trump, the Fed, Investing and AI Risk

WSJ Invest Live event features Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, Trian CEO Nelson Peltz and more.

The Stock Market Is Facing a Federal Reserve Double Whammy in 2026 -- and Things May Get Ugly for Wall Street

Though the Fed is often viewed as a stabilizing force for Wall Street, it may represent the stock market's undoing in the new year.

US stocks fall, as investors fret over Trump's Fed nominee, earnings, inflation

By Sinéad Carew and Pranav Kashyap Jan 30 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Friday as investors viewed President Donald Trump's nomination of former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh as a hawkish choice to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell,

What Warsh’s Crisis-Era Fed Days Say About His Approach

Warsh’s repeated focus on the issue could shape the Fed’s policy approach going forward, wrote Wells Fargo Chief Economist Tom Porcelli. Powell has been known for “insurance cuts” — lowering rates slightly to get ahead of brewing risks in economic data. But those might now become less common, Porcelli wrote.

Wall Street expects Warsh to live with the Fed’s ‘bloated’ balance sheet

Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s pick as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, has long expressed a desire to shrink what he calls the central bank’s “bloated” balance sheet. But doing so is not as easy as it might sound.