Chicago Fed breaks ties with economist over Black Lives Matter criticism

Comments ignite debate over racism in economics, and the Fed’s role in tackling inequality

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has severed its ties to Harald Uhlig, a senior professor and journal editor at the centre of a storm of criticism over comments on the Black Lives Matter protests in the US.

Uhlig is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and editor of the Journal of Political Economy (JPE), one of the most influential economics journals in the world. He was also a consultant at the Chicago Fed until his contract was terminated, on June 12, which was first

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