<p>The Federal Reserve is famous for its verbal acrobatics, but it is now facing a particularly high hurdle: convincing the markets that doing less actually means doing more.</p><p>On Wednesday, Eric Rosengren, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston took his whack at that delicate task.</p><p>Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Brendan Hoffman/Bloomberg)</p><p>Let's back up. Since September, the central bank has been buying $85 billion in bonds every month, aiming to lower long-term interest rates and boost economic growth. There are signs that it is working the Dow is at a record high and the housing market is bumping and the Fed has promised to keep the money flowing until there is "substantial improvement" in the job market.</p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/29/the-feds-tricky-messaging-tapering-is-not-tightening/">Keep reading...</a></p>