it exos language we've seen in the past of forecasting what the next statement might say or what the next movement might be, so i think they have set the stage for some flexibility on tapering here, and we're back on a path that remintz minds people of how the fed made policy a couple years ago. >> just for the people who might be listening in on the radio because we're not just tv here. here's the market reaction. the equity markets have taken a turn for the worse. gold is also moving down. the u.s. dollar index, the dxy, is spiking higher. bob pisani kind of warned us of this earlier on this morning, david kelly. he was saying, unfortunately, traders might spin everything negatively. if they get clarification on taper, they might spin that negatively. they don't want that, but they also might spin no talk of taper negatively because they were gearing up for taper. is this a case of them spinning it negatively in an unwarranted fashion? >> i don't think people expected any actual taper, i agree with steve, but what's interesting is when they say risks have diminished, that surprises