So many things could bring this stock market crashing down.

The official line is that there is no consumer price inflation in the United States of America.  That's what the nerds at the Bureau of Labor Statistics say.  And they're sticking with their story.

The Chinese blame Ben Bernanke for increasing the supply of dollars and causing inflation in emerging markets and commodities. Bernanke points his finger at the Chinese.

The CPI was out this week, and it showed a continued drop in inflation. There were those who immediately pointed out that this vindicated the Fed's move to QE2. We have to get ahead of this deflation thing, don't we?

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for November 19.

The feds spend about one out of every four GDP dollars in the US. They collect, however, only about one in every five or six dollars worth of GDP. That is a pretty big gap – nearly 10% of total GDP.

Ben Bernanke maintains that what he is doing is merely an extension of normal monetary policy. It’s not. It’s a daredevil maneuver in which the Fed funds about 100% of the US government’s borrowing needs over the next 8 months.

The improvement in spending comes as other parts of the economy show signs of cooling.

Ben Bernanke gave the market the Mother of All Puts. Stocks go down? Put them to the Fed. They'll buy anything.

China's currency is rising ever so slowly against the dollar.  But is that hurting China?