Economics
Everything Is Up for Review at the Fed’s Big Policy Confab in Chicago
- Inflation review takes place amid Trump sniping, trade jitters
- Fed wonders if it’s taking right approach to prices and jobs
The downtown Chicago skyline
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Stable prices? Check. Low unemployment? Check. Judging by the main gauges of the U.S. economy, Federal Reserve officials might have good reason to pat themselves on the back when they gather in Chicago this week.
Instead, they’ll be taking a second look at everything they do.