WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The first time Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced the press after an interest rate decision, fireworks didn’t exactly erupt, as both sides felt each other out.

Bernanke is standing by for your question. Reuters

The upcoming press conference on Wednesday may prove more of a rumble. There’s much to confront the chairman with: inflation and the jobless rate are both on the rise just as the central bank’s second round of quantitative easing comes to an end. Read preview of Fed decision and press conference.