mr. sununu: the chinese -- boosts the chinese economy, that matters a little to us, but not a great deal.etty: do you see any link to what happened with mario draghi yesterday, saying there marston was to come, possibly, the chinese lowering rates -- you see any connection here, and where does that put the fed? mr. blinder: i would be surprised if there was any connection except the obvious 1 -- both the chinese central bank eak the ecb are seeing w demand in their economies and both of them are reacting the way we think and hope central banks react to weak demand. is that going to have an impact on the fed? withed looks out of step the rest, thinking about tightening, while all the others are thinking about or actually easing? i do not think so. i think -- it should have some implications for the dollar, which is negative for u.s. growth -- a higher dollar -- but, again, i think the effects are there, but not large. the bottom line, i do not think this will affect the fed's decision very much at all. betty: so, it won't hold back their plan, which is a plan to raise interest rates by the