Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting show that some at the Fed believe it may need to accelerate its Quantitative Easing (QE) operations. Bloomberg reports that members of the Open Market Committee argued the US central bank needs to boost its purchases of assets to prevent a further deterioration in the economy.

Such purchases are financed with the creation of new money, and concerns about inflation hit the US Dollar in midday trading. See our Best ETFs for a Falling Dollar, and don’t forget about inverse treasuries (TBT), gold miners (GDX), or inflation protected treasuries (TIP).