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Bloomberg.com and of course on the Bloomberg. great to have you on the program as always because you have some great insight into

what monetary policy should be doing or or isn't doing correctly.

If you were Janet Yellen, what is your number one prescription for Jackson Hall?

Is it to try and give market indication of when you raise rates,

so very short term, or is it just to cool the markets like, guys, if we see another downturn,

we can deal with it.

Yeah, I think it would be good if she were able to produce a clear

and coherent message from the Fed but I fear she's going to have a problem because

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