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To: sense who wrote (42)	1/9/2012 10:51:31 AM
From: Zilyunz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 260

Deflation now due to the soft global economy. Inflation later due to all of the money printing. Gold and silver could churn in the short term and even drift lower, but I agree they will explode higher and whatever low we get is a huge buying opportunity. As to my other point, I dont know that there is any weighting in inflation statistics. We buy food and fuel daily. What is it, I dont know, up to 50% of our budgets? Then food items may be taken with a universe of goods and maybe food and fuel is only 2% of the inflation numbers. If so, it is definitely not reality.

To: sense who wrote (42)	1/10/2012 12:37:18 AM
From: rubyslippers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 260

OT - As a weekly grocery shopper, I've witnessed a long trend of double inflation. Not only have I watched the prices rise on items, but we are getting hit with the hidden inflation of less product. Folks noticed awhile back that candy bars got smaller. Boxes and bags are not as full of food items, and the net weight is lower than a few years ago. But who reads the package details. Hard to pull this off with a gallon of milk, or a dozen eggs. But the new "elegant" whipped yogurts, the "mini-size" candies, are examples of a second and secret inflation going on that they hope we don't really notice, and perhaps we don't remember our math class covering calculation of volumes. Or advertising wows us into thinking it's cooler to have our food available in these new modern ways. My own personal pet peeve is Saltine crackers. When I was young, I remember tiny holes in the crackers that are necessary in the baking process. Have you noticed the size of the holes now? You could pass a knitting needle through them. Who bothers to track net weight? And I've looked at several brands of crackers. They've all followed suit. Hidden secondary inflation. I'm sure it's applicable to many more items in hardware, business supplies, on and on.