#NextFedChairPredictions Who Will Lead the Federal Reserve After Powell?
As Jerome Powell’s term as Federal Reserve Chair nears its scheduled end in May 2026, markets, economists, and political watchers are intensely focused on who will succeed him as the next leader of the United States’ central bank. This decision will have profound implications for global financial markets, interest-rate policy, inflation expectations, stock and bond markets, and even risk assets like Bitcoin, because the Fed Chair influences monetary policy, banking conditions, and economic confidence. Powell’s term is wid