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Why is inflation so stubborn in the United States?

Exclusive interview with Austin Goolsbee, the president of the Federal Reserve bank of Chicago one of 12 Reserve banks in the US.

The inflation is the rate at which prices increases - so when we say the inflation rate is slowing down it does not mean that prices are falling .

So we wanted to discuss why inflation is still so stubborn with someone in the US who has been looking at it for some time - someone involved in those crucial decisions on interest rates

Rahul Tandon spoke to Austin Goolsbee President of the Federal Reserve bank of Chicago one of 12 Reserve banks in the US.

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Thu 20 Jun 202422:32GMT

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