The potential appointment of Walsh to lead the Federal Reserve has drawn attention from major investment firms, including Apollo, one of the world's largest asset management companies. Apollo co-founder Josh Harris has suggested that stabilizing Fed leadership could help resolve the market turbulence that has characterized recent financial conditions.

According to reports from ChainCatcher, Harris points to the necessity of decisive Federal Reserve governance as a pathway to market confidence. By establishing clear policy direction through decisive central bank leadership, Apollo and other institutional investors believe markets could move past current uncertainty and volatility. Harris's perspective underscores how critical Fed decisions are to broader economic stability, particularly for major investment institutions managing trillions in assets globally. The appointment of stable, credible leadership at the Federal Reserve would signal to markets that policy direction remains coherent and predictable—essential ingredients for institutional investment confidence and market equilibrium.