Chuck Schumer actually said...

Your quiet but strong leadership has been instrumental in keeping our economy from falling into an abyss and repeating the devastation of a ...

My first question was about the tapering. My second is when you might end asset purchases altogether.

But the September 18th deadline of beginning tapering is not immutable. You are going to look at the data.

You think we still could be on the path to labor markets improving even with this relatively weak growth in terms of outlook.