Two senior Federal Reserve officials sought to calm market turmoil on Monday as a global sell-off in equities triggered expectations that the US central bank would have to step in much more aggressively to cut interest rates.
Austan Goolsbee, the president of the Chicago Fed, told CNBC the Fed would move to “fix” any deterioration in the US economy, which he added did not appear to be in recession.
“The Fed’s job is very straightforward, maximise employment, stabilise prices and maintain financial stability. That’s what we’re going to do,” Goolsbee said. If there was any “deterioration”, he added, “we’re going to fix it”.
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