Trump’s New Fed Pick Could Raise Interest Rates, Defy Expectations
On The Market
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🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump just nominated Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair, the most |
| 0:05.2 | consequential Fed leadership change in over a decade for real estate investors. Because the direction |
| 0:10.9 | of the Fed and monetary policy in general has massive impacts on the real estate industry, |
| 0:16.1 | and this announcement has everyone wondering, will a new Fed chair finally bring down mortgage rates |
| 0:22.3 | and lending costs? Or is this just another false hope? Today on the market, we're digging |
| 0:27.8 | into what a new Fed chair means for the real estate investing industry. And I'm telling you now, |
| 0:32.7 | my take is probably going to surprise you because all the commentary I've seen about this so far is missing |
| 0:38.3 | the critical variable that's going to tell us where we're really heading. |
| 0:46.3 | Hey, everyone. Welcome to On the Market. I'm Dave Meyer, Chief Investment Officer at Bigger Pockets. |
| 0:53.4 | And by the way, if you're watching this on |
| 0:55.6 | YouTube and wondering why I'm wearing a full winter coat and outfit right now, it's because my heat |
| 1:00.9 | went out two days ago and can't get a tech out here until tomorrow, but the show must go on. |
| 1:06.3 | So this is the way we're recording today. Anyway, you've probably heard this news by now, but last week |
| 1:11.8 | there is a major announcement from the White House. President Trump announced his pick to replace |
| 1:16.8 | Jerome Powell as the chairman of the Federal Reserve when Powell's term is up this coming May. |
| 1:22.9 | Trump has made no secret of his contempt for Powell, who, as a reminder, Trump actually appointed himself |
| 1:28.6 | to the position in 2017. But the two have had major differences of opinion on monetary policy |
| 1:34.5 | of late. And hearing that Trump plans to replace Powell is no big surprise. In fact, Trump has been |
| 1:40.8 | publicly floating a bunch of different candidates for the position for months, |
| 1:44.9 | and as of last week, we learned his choice will be Kevin Warsh. Warsh will be taking over the Fed |
| 1:50.7 | at a critical time. Borrowing costs remain high. The labor market is sending mixed signals. |
| 1:56.5 | The dollar is in decline, and inflation is running above target levels. And the way which Warsh |
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