Originally Posted by Craig

This is all based on a (somewhat irrational) fear that the US federal reserve is putting too much cash into circulation and will eventually cause the dollar to become devalued (inflation). In reality, the US economy has exactly the opposite problem at the moment; even with very low interest rates capital investment is very slow and job creation is suffering. It is possible that the fed could go too far, but that doesn't appear to be a concern in the short term (except to a very vocal minority of economists).