After his recent Capital Hill rounds and a new year off to a good start with strong market and employment numbers, many of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's critics may want to start thinking about eating their words after last year's dark days.
It was just over a year ago that the Fed's asset purchases flirted with the potential for rising prices. Round two of asset purchases, (called QE2), took place beginning in November 2010 to June 2011. It drew the largest backlash against the Federal Reserve in almost 30 years.
A few months later in September, the FOMC sought...
