Hassett: Warsh ‘not asking the White House for advice’ on interest rates (opens in new tab)

National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett said Monday that Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is not soliciting advice from the White House on monetary policy. “We’re very close friends,” Hassett said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” referring to Warsh. “We’ve known each other for 30 years. … We definitely talk,” he told host Joe Kernen.…