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And thats going to affect i think how markets behave in the next few months. >> isnt it amazing how all of this time of bumping along the bottom we still havent seen real policy, im talking federal policy. its all been about the fed. the fed leaving rates where they are and doing the qe stimulus has helped this economy and we havent had -- >> the fed has done the stimulus. and i think what the chairman said was theres no consumer confidence. and if youre just one of these new people that just go...

An environment where you can quickly come back instead of having the sluggishness, were in the sixth year of a recovery and finally get back to the job count we had before this crisis began. so it doesnt take out fluctuations in life but what it makes sure is over time you grow more, because this government, the federal reserve especially, has hurt this recovery. we should have been doing much better. >> now, do you think its going to get worse? in other words, some of the problems we had post t...

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Smoking. and golf. if you have a boehner lasting longer than 23 years, seek immediate medical attention. winteregg. boehner shouldnt count his chickens before they hatch. lets talk business news. investors l. will look to 3wi8d after stocks surged. with the dow up nearly 150 points, cbs nbcnbcs steve sedg live for us in london. >> some of those big waters in the market about qe, about ukraine, they vjust dissipated somewhat. much better than previous years. also citigroup had good numbers, as ...

114 points. when she said something, though, today, it went up 110 points. >> i think charles is right. i feel like the market has a crack addiction to this quantitative easing. as soon as they talk about taking it away, everybody panics. >> i want to make it clear. its not qe as much as raising rates. theyve already lowered qe three times. were near an all-time high. >> janet yellen is saying in essence, in the spirit of baseball and today being the opening day, she has to be the pinch hitter b...

Then these numbers are so big well see a lot more of these. 20,000 irs workers today, might be 200,000 american tax filers tomorrow and theres nothing we can do about it because we cant control it. >> you know, ive always argued we should wean the government off. i dont have any confidence in that. its sort of like the issue of going towards a sound monetary policy. do we wean the people off, you know, of qe and eventually get back to not monetizing debt? no. theres too many special interest, to...

You have to take pieces of information and make your own decisions about investing. so it doesnt bother me analysts may come on and say we have a buy rating on this and this is why i like it. they have a buy rating. >> they need to come with a consumer warning. but now the stars, i guess the big get in your world and this world are obviously these corporate chieftains, i think youve interviewed everyone on the planet, how important is it whether its jeff besoz or jamie dimon, how important is te...

One dollar could back in 1913. >> you have to go all the way back to 1913.j paul cryingman will tell you look, inflation is 2% a year. tl historically, thats pretty good. >> this isnt a big mystery, though. the federal reserve has created a lot of money with qe whatever now that were up to. but the banks are holding most of it back. its not going into the price level because theyre holding it as extra reserves because the feds started paying them interest on their extra reserves. if that gets le...

Nickname helicopter ben. critics say the easy money is fueling risky investments, but unwinding stimulus will not be easy and could upset world markets. >> we have now reared an entire generation of investors that have become dependent on qe to buy stocks. >> reporter: the jury is still out on bernankes tenure at the fed, but after such an eventful economic journey, hes earned the right to do something a little less stimulating. maggie lake, cnn, new york. >> i love the picture of ben bernanke i...

Zero and launched the massive fed stimulus programs quantitative easing one, two, and three. the fedsme promised anything to ease the crisis no matter how unorthodox was key. >> they said were going to do whatever it takes. that message, the psychological impact of that message was to make the policy changes more powerful. >> reporter: by 2009 the markets recovered. "time" magazine named bernanke its person of the year. years after the worst of the financial crisis, the fed is still pumping bill...