Trump met with Kevin Warsh, the top contender for the new Fed chair, on Thursday.

BlockBeats News, January 30th - According to sources familiar with the matter, Trump met with the current frontrunner for the new Fed chair, former Fed governor Kevin Warsh, at the White House on Thursday.

After Trump announced that he would reveal the final Fed chair candidate tonight, the nomination probabilities for each candidate saw a dramatic reversal. The nomination probability for the previous frontrunner, Rick Rieder, Chief Investment Officer of BlackRock Global Income, plummeted from a high of over 60% to 11%, while Kevin Warsh's nomination probability surged to 81%.