the quantitative easing, a lot of people think if quantitative easing 3 isn't in the cards and a lot of people don't want to see it -- earlier today, jay carney cited the european markets but tried to put a positive outlook on what was happening here in washington on a policy front. >> the analysis i saw today was not in terms of the american economy. but there are a lot of global issues. we strongly believe, as i've said, that we will continue to grow and we will continue to create jobs. and we need to take the measures necessary to do that. >> reporter: the president will continue to talk about the economy. they've announced a midwest tour, unspecified locations. it's going to be the week of august the 15th. he's going to be talking about the economy a lot in the weeks to come. but, again, with congress gone, there's little that can be done at this point in terms of new policies, new laws, tax cuts, things of that nature, to try to continue to stimulate the