Fed can increase/decrease rate by 0.25% every 9 mths to confuse fools so they can keep printing $3000B+ every year to fund the budget deficit and roll the short term debt. With 17% unemployment rate, trillion of debt, $600B social and $2.1 trillion medical expense every year, where can dollar go ? As people said, US is going to be the next GM, or next California. In 3-5 years it will be New Deal time again !