Many believe consumer inflation is on the increase well into next year -and beyond. This is far from a foregone conclusion.  Iron-ore commodity as just one example dropped considerably in the past few months, copper as well while less.  Gold, despite being continuously touted as the best inflation hedge, can hardly keep above 1800 US$.  In China its been estimated that 75% of total consumer savings is in the (now increasingly shaky) real estate sector....prices there have all but peaked -if not outright falling into a new property-rut crisis?  The new covit mutation emerging has just about killed the oil price rally of late.