Fed's Goolsbee: The Bank is required, by law, to think about any Trump tariff price rises

  • Goolsbee pretty much stating the Fed has a mandate to act to stop inflation

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee speaking in a TV interview:

  • If the administration enacts policies that drive up prices then, by law, the Fed has to think about it
  • Auto parts suppliers have expressed concerns about tariffs
  • before the Fed can go back to cutting rates the Fed needs more clarity
  • still to be determined what the entire administration's policy package entails
  • Fed has to take a wait and see stance
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