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Cornell experts available on Fed inflation-fighting plan

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Lindsey Knewstub

The Federal Reserve is expected to issue a new policy statement Wednesday with a timeline for hiking interest rates to combat inflation.

The following Cornell University experts are available for interviews on the Fed’s announcement:


Robert Hockett

Professor of Law

Robert Hockett, law professor, is an expert in financial and monetary law and economics. He recently wrote that massively scaling up U.S. manufacturing production can help to end inflation.

Erica Groshen

Visiting Senior Scholar at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Erica Groshen, is a senior economics advisor, as well as a former commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Cornell University has television, ISDN and dedicated Skype/Google+ Hangout studios available for media interviews.