InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate Pick your poison: For Fed, it’s higher inflation or an inevitable return to quantitative easing By financialnews_rlv83x - June 2, 2019 0 140 The Great Recession ended a decade ago this month, but for the U.S. Federal Reserve the fallout has posed an era-defining choice: Either jolt Americans to expect higher inflation, or keep the printing press ready for the next economic slide.