should now be quant tative easing >> so joining us now with more is former dallas fed president richard fisher he's with us from dallas mr. fisher, welcome back qe4. that's what we need. do you agree >> qe infinity, right? back in the old days >> some suggested that's what we should have done all along what about the president saying we should do quantitative ease again? >> the balance sheet as of last thursday when they update the h41 filings is now below $4 trillion they are taking it down, probably to 3.75 should be done as per their last statement around september you've got currency in circulation $1.7 trillion on one side of the balance sheet. also on that side of the balance sheet, bank reserves at $1.6 trillion add the other factors on that side of the balance sheet. you really can't get this balance sheet below where they plan to be in september. i don't get it i think it's very short term thinking because you want the fed to be able to ease when the economy does turn down right now it appears to keep moving forward we'll see what the earnings season is like this is kind of like you j

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central banks go into a frenzy if he succeeds with more and with cain. >> again, greg, that is richard fisher's point of view about what it would mean for the institution. so, we have that, plus what you were going to say in response to steve. >> janet yellen was fed chair for four years the only move on interest rates was to raise them. and, you know, needless to say, barack obama was president when she first did that so, i think that, once again, i would return to my original point. i have been covering the fed for many, many years and whether it was bernanke or jay powell, i cannot detect a political bias i want to give them the benefit of the doubt full throated advocates for trump's policies does not necessarily mean that once they are sworn in, that is the way they will do their job i am only saying that is what trump's intention is as for the markets, look, if you're of the view that inflation is dead gone and never come back, it's irrelevant these people are d, if you think inflation is a problem, you ought to worry >> it is pretty ironic that both sides want a dubbish policy. so, i thi

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