$5 in a bank account might only buy an extra egg, some rich guy might buy a monet and all things in between. it s not symmetrical. when central banks print money, they don t just put it in your bank account. it goes through the financial system, that s why the banks terres have huge profits. they get it first. it eventually get goo the system. if enough start to spike in price, then psychology changes, so what do you do as a businessman if you think the price of things might go up? buy it today instead of tomorrow. and if you re a producer, farmer in inchoo, what would you do? i would withhold it and try to sell it tomorrow. if more people are buying at the margin and some are holding back. makes the price go up. even more, and then if you have supply constraints or shoc