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Podcast: In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons
Episode: Chicago Fed Prez On Port Strike, Interest Rates, Housing
Description: Around 45,000 dockworkers from Maine to Texas remain on strike weeks after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a point. So, what will these recent pieces of economic news mean for the economy and consumers in Chicago, the Midwest and beyond? Reset checks in with Austan Goolsbee, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
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