Central Banks
Fed’s Goolsbee Says Officials Should Prepare for Rate Cuts
- Goolsbee sees inflation on “a path to 2%”, warns on employment
- Holding rates as inflation falls is a decision to tighten
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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said policymakers should cut interest rates if US inflation continues to fall back to the 2% target.
The Chicago Fed chief, speaking Tuesday on Bloomberg TV in Sintra, Portugal, said he feels “we are on a path to 2%” inflation and “if you just hold the rates where they are while inflation comes down, you are tightening — so you should do that by decision, not by default.”