September's consumer prices and retail sales figures will do little to ease the Fed's concerns that inflation is too low and that economic growth is too weak. Indeed, in a speech today Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted strongly that the second round of quantitative easing (QE2) will be launched at the next meeting in early November.
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