Austan Goolsbee
The Navigator
Judgement in the fog, money, risk and the call others cannot make.
Austan Goolsbee reads as The Navigator because he steers by signal rather than ideology. The Chicago Fed president and FOMC voter styles himself a data dog, committed to reading evolving economic evidence before adjusting course. His kennel metaphor captures a refined situational awareness, knowing when to pause and reassess versus when to move. Yet caution never dissolves into drift. He holds directional confidence in the economy's path toward full employment and stable inflation.
“I'm in the data dog caucus. If the data come in and the outlook is changing, for sure, I would change my view.”
“The first rule of the data dog kennel is that there's a time for walking, and there's a time for sniffin, and know the difference.”
“I still think that underneath there is a robust, healthy economy with employment pretty much stable at full employment, inflation headed back to two percent.”
Masters in Business: “At the Money: Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee on Tariffs, Supply Chains and Inflation”
LISTEN AT THE SOURCE ↗THE RECORD IS CHECKABLE