# Hike, Cut or Hold? What will the new Fed head do on interest rates Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-business-report-466447/hike-cut-or-hold-what-will-the-new-fed-head-do-on-interest-rates Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-business-report-466447/hike-cut-or-hold-what-will-the-new-fed-head-do-on-interest-rates.md Podcast: [World Business Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-business-report-466447) Published: 2026-05-22T15:20:00+00:00 Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nmssdk Audio file: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0nmsrmr.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/world-business-report-466447/episodes/hike-cut-or-hold-what-will-the-new-fed-head-do-on-interest-rates Duration seconds: 536 ## Resource The new chair of the world's most powerful central bank is being sworn in at the White House today. Kevin Warsh becomes the 17th Chair of the Federal Reserve at a very tense moment for the US and global economies. He's an advocate for cutting rates. something President Trump has long demanded. Also, why were 2 boxes of Japanese Melons worth $36,500? ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/world-business-report-466447/episodes/hike-cut-or-hold-what-will-the-new-fed-head-do-on-interest-rates/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-business-report-466447/hike-cut-or-hold-what-will-the-new-fed-head-do-on-interest-rates.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.