Fed's Goolsbee: If inflation and jobs continue to cool, Fed should cut
|President of the Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Chicago Austan Goolsbee reiterated the importance of the Fed not reacting to a single data point on Friday after US Nonfarm Payrolls came in widely under forecasts, but noted that inflation and jobs data have both made significant progress in recent months.
Key highlights
The jobs data follows the trend of cooling labor market.
We had multiple good months of inflation, broad-based.
If inflation and the job market continue to cool, the Fed should cut.
We need to balance policy with the economy in short order.
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