His hands are tied given this fiscal mess, Ben has to keep interest rates at ultra low so his buddy Tim The Turbo Tax can refi old debts at a cheaper rate. Allowing interest rate to go up would blow up this fragile economy. Ben is working himself into the same corner where the Japaneses are at, and they're inviting the Germans to the party.
Us would go Bk if they raised rates
We turning Japanese .... Due to the multinationals being heavily embedded in the global economic system our equity markets likely won't do as badly but they aren't going much of anywhere at best... As has been the case for the last 12 years