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Fed's Goolsbee: want more assurance on inflation to cut in Sept or autumn

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee on Friday left the door open to supporting an interest-rate cut in ...

Fed should cut rates but they're weighing inflation more than employment, says Apollo's Torsten Slok

CNBC's Steve Liesman and Torsten Slok, Apollo partner and chief economist, join 'Closing Bell' to discuss the Federal Reserve ...

Fed Rate Cut Grows More Likely as Inflation Holds Steady at 2.7%

Inflation held steady in July and ran slightly cooler than expected, increasing the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut next ...

Chicago Fed president wants to see a 'few months of data' on inflation to gauge economy's health

"The hardest thing that the Fed ever has to do is get the timing right at moments of transition,” Goolsbee said on NBC News’ ...

Inflation or jobs: Federal Reserve officials are divided over competing concerns

Federal Reserve policymakers will be debating whether stubborn inflation or slower hiring is the bigger problem for the ...

Inflation shocker blows apart expectations for huge Fed rate cuts

Goldman Sachs economists in a note estimated that consumers could soon bear up to 67% of tariff costs, up from 22%, thus ...

US Fed to cut rates in September and once more this year, say most economists: Reuters poll

A Federal Reserve interest rate cut in September, the first this year, followed perhaps by another before year-end remains ...

Federal Reserve Watch: Is It Time To Stop Quantitative Tightening

Discover the Fed's cautious approach to quantitative tightening, excess liquidity concerns, and potential policy pivots ...

American consumers are getting nervous about inflation again. For now, they’re still spending

Americans are still opening their wallets, with unemployment remaining low and businesses blunting the effects of President ...

Where Is The Inflation We Feared From Tariffs?

The brunt of tariffs is yet to be felt. Importers padded inventories before Liberation Day or absorbing the costs, delaying ...

Fed’s Goolsbee calls tariffs ‘stagflationary’

Chicago Federal Reserve president Austan Goolsbee described President Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs as “stagflationary” on ...

Fed’s Goolsbee Says He Wants to See More Positive Inflation Data

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said he would like to see at least one more inflation report to be sure persistent price pressures aren’t picking up.