Fed Chair Warsh to Speak at IMF Bangkok Meeting on Oct 16

The timing is the story: a public appearance by the Fed Chair immediately before the pre-FOMC quiet period gives this the feel of a deliberate framing exercise rather than a routine conference slot. Because the event is a moderated conversation at an IMF gathering, the questions are likely to skew toward policy frameworks and cross-border spillovers rather than near-term rate signalling — but markets will parse it for exactly that anyway. Whether the remarks are read as pre-committing to a stance ahead of the Oct 27-28 meeting, or as a deliberate non-signal, is the open question.