Austan Goolsbee
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So you come in.
shades come down, can't be spied on.
It's like this being back in the situation room.
Nobody can bring their phone in.
Nobody can bring in any communication devices.
So we're in there and day one is about the economy and day two is about the rates.
And they're literally just going to, we got the briefings from the staff.
Here's what the models show.
Here's what the forecasts are.
Boom.
et cetera.
Here's what the markets desk says.
And then it's going to go around the table and everybody's going to give their opinion.
Here's what I think about the economy.
And it's like, Jay Powell's going to give his view.
Governor Chris Waller is going to give his view.
And they're very different views.
And it's really fun.
And then day two, it tends to be shorter, but it's going to be like, okay, given what everybody thought where we are in the economy, what do you think should happen for rates?
And we're going to debate the statement.