<h1>Kevin Warsh nomination sparks market volatility as investors reassess interest rate outlook, dollar and safe-haven assets.</h1> Kevin Warsh's nomination to lead the US central bank is characterised as a hawkish signal likely to shift market expectations toward higher interest rates, requiring Senate confirmation and prompting immediate trading volatility; equities dipped and futures fell as investors priced changed rate outlooks. The nomination also caused sharp moves in the dollar and safe-haven assetsgold and silver saw steep sell-offsconstraining commodity and miner valuations. Concurrent trade tensions, tariff threats and geopolitical developments, including a foreign court ruling affecting strategic port concessions, amplified global market instability and influenced cross-border equity and currency movements.