Fed names Powell as chair pro tempore until Warsh is sworn in

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 05:10 PM EDT

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Board on Friday said it has named Jerome Powell as chair pro tempore until Kevin Warsh is sworn in as the new head of the U.S. central bank. (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Bhargav Acharya; editing by Michelle Nichols )

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