Burry said he expected the US government to attempt to continue easy money policies into the next presidential term.

Test: were US easy-money policies still in place after the presidential term beginning 20 January 2013 started? Easy-money policies here means near-zero policy rates, quantitative easing, or similar accommodative policy by the Federal Reserve or the government. True: such policies were continued or extended into that term (for example, the federal funds target held near zero or asset purchases ongoing in 2013). Mostly true: accommodation continued into the term but in reduced form, or was clearly signalled for it. Mixed: not used. Mostly false: easy money was largely unwound before or at the start of the term, with only small remnants left. False: monetary policy had been tightened to non-accommodative settings before the term began.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · 30 January 2013

   “In particular, the Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and currently anticipates that this exceptionally low range for the federal funds rate will be appropriate at least as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6-1/2 percent,”

2. E2 Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · 30 January 2013

   “the Committee will continue purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month and longer-term Treasury securities at a pace of $45 billion per month.”

3. E3 Transcript of Chairman Bernanke's Press Conference, September 18, 2013 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · 18 September 2013

   “Thus, our total purchases of longer-term securities were maintained at $85 billion per month, in addition to the reinvestment or rolling over of maturing securities on our balance sheet.”

4. E4 Transcript of Chairman Bernanke's Press Conference, September 18, 2013 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · 18 September 2013

   “The Committee anticipated in June that, subject to certain conditions, it might be appropriate to begin to moderate the pace of purchases later this year, continuing to reduce the pace of purchases in measured steps through the first half of next year, and ending purchases around midyear 2014.”

On 30 January 2013, after the new presidential term began, the FOMC kept the federal funds target range at 0 to 1/4 percent and said it expected that range to remain appropriate while unemployment stayed above 6-1/2 percent (E1). At the same meeting it continued buying mortgage-backed securities at $40 billion a month and Treasuries at $45 billion a month (E2). In September 2013 total purchases were still $85 billion a month (E3, E4). This meets the criteria's test for true: near-zero rates held and asset purchases ongoing in 2013.