Austan Goolsbee

Did we learn anything from the NFT era?

Hi folks. I just got here. Anyone have advice on getting set up?

May the 4th be with us, now more than ever.

Tell me you are not from the Midwest without saying you are not from the Midwest

The Chicago Fed Real-Time Unemployment Rate Forecast for February is 4.28%, so not likely to be much different from the BLS’s official reading last month. www.chicagofed.org/research/dat...

Dad served 4 years in the Marine Corps right out of high school. We miss him and his courage a lot these days, but especially on this Veterans Day

The Chicago Fed has released its final real-time forecast of the October unemployment rate. Visit our site for the data: www.chicagofed.org/research/dat...

At last week's Midwest Agriculture Conference, we were joined by farmers, the ag business community, and moderator @foxbusiness' Edward Lawrence for discussions on industry updates and trade conditions. www.chicagofed.org/publications... x.com/messages/med...

Thrilled to announce that John Leahy will become the Chicago Fed’s next director of research He’s the Allen Sinai Professor and chair of the Econ dept. at @umich and a great guy. Welcome to Da Bank, John. www.chicagofed.org/publications... x.com/messages/med...

This morning, the @chicagofed introduced new labor market indicators that combine private sector data with official labor statistics to provide a real-time view of hiring, layoffs and other job separations, and an early forecast of the unemployment rate. www.chicagofed.org/research/dat....

Department chair: “Professor Bergstresser, we promised the seminar speaker 15 minutes uninterrupted time at the outset”

Calling all data dogs: Vivian Tu, founder and CEO of @yourrichbff2.bsky.social, Jon Clifton, @Gallup.bsky.social CEO and I will have an @aspenideas.bsky.social at 12 p.m. CT today about signals vs. noise in economic data www.chicagofed.org/publications...

In Milwaukee this week, we heard from Molson Coors about economic conditions and what's happening across supply chains. Conversations like this one help us understand the economy in real-time.