August 23, 2025· 35 min

Why Austan Goolsbee Is Still Concerned About Inflation

Austan Goolsbee

Orality

Model

77%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,174 words)

M:94%

HostTracy Alloway(3,478 words)

M:93%

GuestAustan Goolsbee(805 words)

M:29%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic24%

very, amazing, clearly

Engagement78%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, so

Repetition100%

like (55x), it's (49x), inflation (41x)

Parallelism49%

So why would I pay for stuff I..., And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, Tracy, we are recording th...

Sound Patterns80%

54 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases6%

you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging13%

could, probably, possibly

Passive Voice3%

was headed, were then, are premised

Abstract Nouns20%

investment, information, volatility

Subordination7%

because, while, though

Sentence Length25%

Avg: 11.3 words/sentence

Word Complexity47%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style22%

523 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style87%

monthly, carefully, exactly

Description

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee is still more concerned about the inflation side of the Fed's mandate than he is about the employment side. This is noteworthy because in general markets are expecting rate cuts to come soon, and also Chairman Jerome Powell, speaking in Jackson Hole, put more weight on risks to the labor market. In this episode recorded at the conference, Goolsbee explains why he has some concerns about whether the inflation embers have been fully stamped out (he's particularly concerned by what he's seeing in the services realm), and why he has relatively more confidence that the labor market is in good shape. Read more: Powell Opens Door to Interest Rate Cut, Citing Labor Markets Wall Street Got the Rally Signals From Powell It Was Hoping For Only Bloomberg - Business News, Stock Markets, Finance, Breaking & World News subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox each week, plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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