There haven't been any jobs created since 2008, check the numbers The only reason unemployment is 6.1% is because more people are leaving the workforce.
There were more retired people coming out of retirement to work than 25-45 years got jobs last Q = big time inflation, CPI numbers are BS.
The only reason the USD is going up is because other currencies are going down.
There hasn't been any tapering, in fact QE is now close to 125B a month with different countries buying bonds under the FED alternative company name...laundering