Fed May Not Be Able to Tame Volatile Trading
June 18, 2013 at 18:59 PM EDT
Whatever Ben Bernanke says Wednesday afternoon threatens to rock some part of the financial markets. The Fed chairman's comments Wednesday will either give credence to or conflict with a recent and fundamental shift in market perception - and that is that there will be a slow creep to higher rates as the Fed slows and then ultimately ends its bond purchase program.