Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said inflation remains the Federal Reserve’s primary concern, warning that underlying price pressures continue to move in the wrong direction despite some recent improvement. Speaking in a CNBC interview on Thursday, Goolsbee said, “If we look at core inflation, it’s still well too high and it’s trending the wrong […]
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