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Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Faces a Crucial Test at Jackson Hole As Treasury Yields Remain High

Warsh has so far resisted laying out a detailed policy agenda, but since taking over the central bank this spring, he has created five task forces and said he wanted to review their recommendations before spelling out broader changes. (Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh will arrive at Jackson Hole this week facing a challenge that has become considerably more complicated than simply explaining where interest rates might go next.

Warsh's first keynote address at the Federal Reserve's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, comes as bond yields rise, inflation remains stubbornly above the central bank's target and investors question how the Fed will respond to a Treasury Department taking a more active role in financial markets.

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