Goldman Vice Chairman and Former Fed Official Kaplan on Rate-Cut Dilemma
Rob Kaplan, vice chairman at Goldman Sachs and former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, joins WSJ's Take On the Week to discuss the central bank's tough task ahead to lower inflation and the Fed independence debate.
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