Peter Schiff, a gold bull, has suggested that the Federal Reserve may have secretly abandoned its 2% inflation target. He believes the central bank's new unspoken mandate will be to finance government debt and prevent a financial crisis, regardless of how high inflation rises. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' August CPI report is expected to show an acceleration in consumer price inflation rate from 0.2% in July to 0.6% in August. The iShares TIPS Bond ETF (NYSE:TIP) ended Tuesday’s session up 0.05% at $105.40.