joining us to discuss all that is hans olson and anthony chan. thony, we just asked steve how much of a shift in thinking this is from the federal reserve. do you agree with him that it really is now that they're putting more weight, emphasis, and caution on international developments? >> i absolutely do agree. i think that when you are the largest economy in the world, or even the second largest economy in the world, you have a responsibility to pursue strategies that are not only in the best interest of your own country but also the global economy because you have such a large impact. so whether i look at the federal reserve or the people's bank of china, i think they are pursuing strategies that are in the interest of the world and their own respective countries. keep in mind that yesterday the federal reserve lowered both their growth targets for the u.s., both for 2016 and 2017. so if growth is slowing down, there's no need to be as aggressive when it comes to interest rate hikes. >> hans, at the top of the show, we were applauding the positi