US stocks: Fed’s Goolsbee says rate cuts are appropriate as inflation falls, but too early to bet on productivity

The U.S. Federal Reserve could resume cutting rates if inflation starts to fall, but it would be risky to use expected productivity growth as a reason to ease monetary policy now, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said as he waded into what is becoming a core debate at the U.S. central bank. “I’m optimistic that […]