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Podcast: Squawk Pod
Episode: Countdown to Shutdown, Austan Goolsbee on Inflation, and We’re Singing in the Rain 9/25/23
Description: The government funding deadline – midnight on October 1st – is looming and the likelihood of a federal shutdown is high. Pimco’s head of public policy, Libby Cantrill, describes the gamesmanship in Washington and weighs in on its potential impact to investors and consumers. Inflation persists in spite of the Federal Reserve’s rate hike strategy. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee defends the central bank’s goals, arguing that avoiding a recession is still possible – but inflation remains a risk. Puck’s Matt Belloni on the tentative deal between the WGA and Hollywood studios to end the 4 month-long writers strike, Taylor Swift upstage...