Fed's Goolsbee: We have a low-hiring, low-firing jobs market

  • Comments from the Chicago Fed President on CNBC
Austan Goolsbee
  • We have to get inflation back to 2%, period
  • We must get milder monthly inflation numbers going forward
  • Talk of raising the inflation target is dangerous
  • I think we are mildly restrictive
  • Neutral is 100-150 basis points lower
  • Before we got some of these shocks, I think we were on the path to lower inflation
  • I'm ok with moving to a better spot, eventually rates can move down a lot
  • With inflation over target for 4.5 years, we need to be careful with getting aggressive
  • Labor supply is shifting due to immigration

He's been on the more-hawkish end of things lately but sounds like he's happy to let the market price in 25 bps at every meeting for awhile.

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