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					Originally Posted by scaeagles
					
				 
				oil prices are incredibly high.  Thus fuel prices are are way up, and since close to 90% percent of all consumer products are shipped by truck, it is remarkable that inflation is not a problem.  Interest rates remain low because of that, and that helps a debt ridden consumer population, and cheap money also is an economic stimulus. 
			
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 Inflation may not be a problem right now, but a truckers strike would be devastating.