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Kevin Warsh's three phrases are giving Fed watchers something to read

7/22/2026

Across five public appearances, Kevin Warsh has returned to the same three phrases with a frequency that Fed watchers are treating as deliberate.

"Family fight," "first principles," and "inflation is a choice" together account for 30 combined uses, and the pattern has become a parsing exercise for anyone tracking the Federal Reserve.

The case for treating the repetition as signal is real; what's less clear is what the phrases actually commit him to.

The phrase count that matters The numbers: "family fight" appears 13 times, "first principles" 11 times, and "inflation is a choice," applied specifically to the Fed, six times.

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