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Fed’s Goolsbee tells CNBC that job market is holding in

By Thomson Reuters May 8, 2026 | 10:26 AM

May 8 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan ​Goolsbee said ‌on Friday that April hiring data shows more stability in the ‌employment ​sector amid ⁠worrisome developments ⁠on the inflation front.

The job market has been “stable without being ​good” and “I still think there’s not ⁠a ⁠lot of evidence ​that the job market ​is falling apart,” the ‌official said in a CNBC interview. “And on the other ⁠side of the Fed’s mandate, inflation hasn’t been ⁠great, ‌and it’s been ⁠going the ​wrong ‌way lately” and ​it’s not ⁠clear how much higher price pressures will go, he said.

(Reporting by Michael S. ​Derby)