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>> the feds job is not to get the jobs up, but control inflation and pereconomic growth rates. >> the dow going up is a leading indicator of our economy. so to the extent the stock market is receding it's simply the fact president trump has put in place an agenda, tax cuts, leveling the playing field on trade. this is what's going on, and today's news is great news. we've had over 100 months of expansion now. we've had really solid growth. so we'll have this debate ability what the fed should do, but bottom line is they should cut rates in order to keep men and women in america working and gro...

Unlimited electricity in which we'd end up with a ton of inflation. the other weird thing about this is in 1981 the country really was facing an inflation problem. it made sense that people would be looking for radical alternatives to help control inflation. today inflation is about as low as it's ever been and we've come through a financial crisis in which the entire global economy might well have collapsed if the federal reserve hadn't stepped in as a lender as a last resort after the credit markets froze. across the sea, we've been watching as the eurozone dissolves and the fears of the eur...

Electricity in which we'd end up with a ton of inflation." the other weird thing about this is in 1981 the country really was facing an inflation problem. it made sense that people would be looking for radical alternatives to help control inflation. today inflation is about as low as it's ever been and we've come through a financial crisis in which the entire global economy might well have collapsed if the federal reserve hadn't stepped in after the credit markets froze. across the sea, we've been watching as the eurozone dissolves and the fears of the european central bank won't act over ther...

It's to control the direction of the u.s. economy. the big question, how is it supposed to do this? el with, essentially, by raising or lowering the interest rate, the rate at which we can borrow money. this manipulation helps control inflation, unemployment rates, employment rates, and productivity. the fed also controls and regulates financial institutions and acts as a bank for the the u.s. government and other banks, but it's that control of the interest rate that's really key here. >> so what do we think they're going to be discussing in these two-day meetings? >> there are a number of th...

Appreciation. >> in some ways is that a bit of a historic moment, that the world is changing and china's realizing it's having to have a policy shift to change with it. >> that's true. the world is changing not only in terms of near-term conditions like inflation, also the world is changing in the balance between developed and emerging market economies. in chinese effort to boost demand and rebalance the economy. it's taking a lot of positive measures. i think currency appreciation not only helps control inflation in the near term, also helps china to achieve its objective of rebalancing the e...