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Inflation May Encourage Fed Opponents

Rising consumer prices could pose barrier to further moves by Bernanke.

By Shobhana Chandra, Alex Kowalski, David J. Lynch, Bloomberg | Updated on August 19, 2011

Signs that consumer prices are rising even as the U.S. economy slows may delay additional moves by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to spur growth.

The Fed chairman, who is scheduled to speak at a Jackson Hole, Wyoming, conference on Aug. 26, used the annual gathering of economists last year to hint at a second round of so-called quantitative easing, in which the Fed purchased $600 billion of Treasuries from November 2010 to June.

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