Yesterday I had an interview in my usual slot at 8.10am.   If you didnt catch the interview - I append below the questions and my answers:

Q1. Last week, Fed chief Janet Yellen said rates could begin rising "around six months" after the end of the central bank's stimulus program. Was that just a rookie mistake or perhaps an inadvertent disclosure of FOMC thinking?

I don’t think its either.  Since May 2013 when previous Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke mentioned “tapering”, global markets went into wild swings.  I suspect that the new Fed Chairman wants to give markets more guidance on future Fed policy by setting certain macro indicator ...