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Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said the neutral rate is "well below" where it is right now, and policymakers can cut further so long as the economy does not overheat.
5 Questions For The Fed’s Austan Goolsbee: Why Productivity ... Have there been any discussions at Federal Open Market Committee meetings about pressure from both sides of the political aisle to ...
Austan Goolsbee: Our independence of thought is important and it’s why I believe that the FOMC is the world’s greatest deliberative body. It is because we’re coming from different ...
Austan D. Goolsbee, president of the Chicago Fed, said there was still a risk of higher consumer prices and slower growth amid elevated uncertainty about the White House’s trade policy. By Colby ...
Interest rates need to keep coming down for the economy to nail a soft landing, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee told state treasurers on Monday. Inflation has come down significantly, the ...
Austan Goolsbee said he doesn’t see convincing evidence ... unemployment is up to a level that we’re happy with and the rates are well above what almost everyone on the FOMC is saying they ...
The Chicago Fed president tells the Business Journal what data he's looking at — and why Fed independence matters. Power Breakfast featuring John Burke The premier business information and networking ...
In a Fortune exclusive, Chicago Fed president Austan Goolsbee discusses working with Jerome Powell, base rate cuts, and Fed independence.
Goolsbee, a voting member of the FOMC, breaks down the impact of tariffs, the drivers of inflation, and what the FOMC is watching. Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in ...
The following is a transcript of an interview with Austan Goolsbee, president of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Aug. 18, 2024.
Austan Goolsbee was chair of Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers after the financial crash of 2008, and then became a professor at the University of Chicago, and in 2022, became the ...
The following is the transcript of an interview with Austan Goolsbee, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank president, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on April 20, 2025.