"And why is this important, iven what's happening in places like Iran????"
""[G] iven the strong resistance to further QE from some hawkish Fed officials, the program that eventually emerges, most probably at the next [Fed] meeting in early November, will be too timid to have any real impact," said Paul Ashworth, senior U.S. economist for research consultancy Capital Economics."
"In a morning speech delivered at a conference organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Fed chairman said that "[g] iven the [Fed's] objectives, there would appear -- all else being equal -- to be a case for further action.""