Why The Fed Didn’t Taper: 9/22/2013 Two reasons: Fits their Agenda, and a Simple Cost/Benefit Analysis. Bernanke’s worst case scenario for continuing QE is hyper inflation, which is currently a nonevent. Meanwhile, the upside of continuing QE: Help the Economy, Create Jobs, and Raise Asset Prices. Since the worst possible scenario is hyperinflation (and we are no where near…