2026年4月29日 美国东部时间上午10:06 / 路透社
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2026年4月29日 上午10:06 UTC 更新于1小时前
2026年4月21日，美国华盛顿国会山，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普提名的下一任美联储主席凯文·沃什在参议院银行委员会确认听证会上作证。路透社/伊丽莎白·弗朗茨 资料图
- 内容摘要
- 参议院银行委员会预计将按党派立场推进沃什的提名
- 周三的投票为5月15日顺利交接美联储领导权铺平道路
- 面对威胁央行独立性的声音，鲍威尔或继续留任美联储理事
华盛顿4月29日路透电 —— 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普提名的美联储掌舵人选凯文·沃什即将在周三通过一项关键程序性关卡，为他在未来几周接替杰罗姆·鲍威尔扫清道路，与此同时白宫正以前所未有的力度试图掌控这家全球最具影响力的中央银行。
参议院银行委员会将于美国东部时间上午10点（格林尼治标准时间14:00）就沃什的提名提交由共和党掌控的全院参议院进行投票。委员会内的13名共和党议员预计都将支持沃什，此前北卡罗来纳州参议员汤姆·蒂利斯放弃了反对立场，原因是司法部周五决定终止针对鲍威尔的刑事调查，而蒂利斯曾将该调查视为对美联储政治独立性的威胁。
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委员会内的11名民主党议员认为沃什无法保证在制定政策时不考虑总统的意愿，预计将投票反对他的提名。
此次投票将恰逢鲍威尔主持他作为美联储主席的最后一次政策制定会议。鉴于通胀仍处于高位，且伊朗战争对全球石油供应造成的干扰推高了价格压力，联邦公开市场委员会普遍预计将把基准利率维持在当前3.50%-3.75%的区间内。
现年56岁的沃什是律师、金融家，曾担任美联储理事，他承诺要对美联储进行“改革”，特朗普也多次表示沃什将落实总统期望的降息举措。几乎可以肯定参议院将确认沃什的提名。
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鲍威尔是否留任美联储理事会尚不明确
确认投票的时间尚未确定。如果按照特朗普政府最近一次美联储提名的流程，沃什可能会在5月15日鲍威尔的任期结束时宣誓就职。
目前尚不清楚沃什上任后，鲍威尔是否会离开美联储，或者这位现任美联储主席是否会继续留任理事会理事。如果他选择留任，特朗普是否会兑现此前威胁试图解雇他？此类举动无疑会引发法律挑战，正如去年夏天总统试图解雇美联储理事莉萨·库克那样。
鲍威尔的理事任期将持续至2028年1月。
美联储主席通常都会卸任以给继任者留出位置，而身为律师的鲍威尔一贯严格遵守既定程序。但他认为司法部的刑事调查是政治恐吓，是特朗普政府试图影响美联储利率决策的一部分。
鲍威尔上月表示，在刑事调查“彻底结束”之前，他不会离开美联储。如果他认为留任对美联储和国家最为有利，他可能仍会继续任职。
美国哥伦比亚特区检察官珍妮妮·皮罗周五表示，“如果事实证明有必要”，她将毫不犹豫地重启调查。参议院民主党议员伊丽莎白·沃伦和迪克·德宾周五称该声明是对“未来针对鲍威尔或其他任何美联储理事的无根据调查”的威胁。
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Fed chief nominee Warsh set to clear key confirmation hurdle on Wednesday
2026-04-29 10:06 AM UTC / Reuters
By David Lawder
April 29, 2026 10:06 AM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be next chair of the Federal Reserve, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
- Summary
- Senate Banking Committee expected to advance Warsh’s nomination along party lines
- Vote on Wednesday opens way to smooth Fed leadership handoff on May 15
- Powell may stay on as Fed governor amid threats to central bank’s independence
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) – Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, is set to clear a key procedural hurdle on Wednesday, opening the way for him to succeed Jerome Powell in coming weeks amid the White House’s unprecedented efforts to exert control over the world’s most powerful central bank.
The Senate Banking Committee is set to vote at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) to advance Warsh’s nomination to the full Republican-controlled Senate. All 13 Republicans on the panel are expected to support Warsh after North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis dropped his opposition following the Department of Justice’s decision on Friday to end a criminal investigation into Powell that Tillis viewed as a threat to the Fed’s political independence.
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The panel’s 11 Democrats, who say they doubt Warsh’s promise to set policy without regard to the president’s wishes, are expected to vote against him.
The vote will take place as Powell leads what’s likely to be his last policy-setting meeting as Fed chief. The policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee is universally expected to leave its benchmark overnight interest rate unchanged in the current 3.50%-3.75% range, given still-elevated inflation and upward pressure on prices from the disruption to global oil supplies due to the Iran war.
There is little doubt that the Senate will confirm Warsh, a 56-year-old lawyer, financier and former Fed governor who has promised “regime change” for the central bank and who Trump has repeatedly said will deliver the rate cuts the president wants.
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UNCLEAR WHETHER POWELL STAYS ON FED BOARD
The timing of the confirmation vote is uncertain. If it follows the template for the Trump administration’s most recent Fed nominee, Warsh could be sworn in by May 15 when Powell’s leadership term ends.
What’s not clear is whether Warsh’s ascension would mean Powell’s exit from the Fed, or whether the current central bank chief would stay on as a member of its Board of Governors – and, if he does so, whether Trump will follow through on his threat to try to fire him. Such a move would surely draw a legal challenge, as did the president’s attempt last summer to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
Powell’s board seat runs through January 2028.
Fed chiefs almost always step down to make room for their successors, and Powell is a lawyer whose adherence to regularity runs deep. But he took the view that the government’s criminal investigation was political intimidation and part of the Trump administration’s efforts to influence how the Fed sets interest rates.
Powell said last month that he would not leave the Fed until the criminal probe was over with “finality,” and he may yet stay on if he feels doing so is best for the central bank and the country.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Friday she would not hesitate to resume her investigation “should the facts warrant doing so.” Senate Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Dick Durbin on Friday called that statement a threat of “future baseless investigations” into Powell or any other Fed governor.
Reporting by David Lawder; Writing by Ann Saphir; Editing by Paul Simao
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