Odd Lots: Fed’s Goolsbee Is Worried About Overheating (Podcast)

Inflation remains high and the 2% target is further away than it was this time last year. There are signs all over that the economy is overheating — the strange labor market where hiring and firing remains low, while GDP is growing, but mostly due to AI and the data center buildout — and Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee is worried about how uncertain central bankers are about what to do to cool the economy. The next shock, he tells us, could be around the corner. In this co