jim bianco with us from chicago. my family guard says -- lagardere and says the fed can wait. the position that any move in interest rates should be data dependent. jim: it is hard to reconcile those statements. she had some contradictory statements. the economy seems to be fine but inflation is too low. i think the key of what she said was when she talked about regulation. she's talked about financial instability. if the fed raises rates, there were a vet markets around the world will have a bad reaction. they want to have more time to insulate markets. what she is not saying is the reason we will have this bad reaction is because monetary policy has been on zero for so long. it will be so hard to get off of it. it is a tough situation the fed is in. having regard was speaking for emerging market -- i think christine lagarde was big for emerging markets. to me, it is about financial stability. erik: great analysis. thank you for spending time with us and waiting to give your take after listening. jim bianco in chicago. some unprecedented activity. the imf weighing in on fed po