Quote from sekyst1974:
Your scenario of extreme inflation can never take place and here is why. Lets say you went to the supermarket one day to find that a gallon of Orange Juice is priced at $14 per gallon. What do you do? You dont buy it. Maybe instead you buy Tang or some vitamin C pills, but Orange Juice is off the list.
This causes the Orange Juice makers to lower their price until everyone is buying it at a reasonable rate. Unfortunately, the OJ makers have input costs as well forcing them to cut staff, production and the like.
I cannot picture a period of inflation, but deflation. As prices rise, the consumer will find ways to not buy it and then stores have to cut their prices. Witness Macy's and Kohl's. Walk into any of their stores tommorrow and look at the sales that are taking place. If they were not discounting their merchandise, then no one would come to the store.
Inflation on needed items like gas and oil can take place all day long because you must buy them. However, consumers nowadays have more options in regards. Small 4 cylinder cars like the civic which get mpg in the 30s all day long or hybrids which get in the 40s all day long.
Stock_trad3r, you have no understanding of price elasticity of demand. Didn't your community college have an econ 101 course?

