41.   And inflation is stable.

42.   And inflation is nearly non-existent.

43.   And inflation is still fairly tame.

44.   And if inflation is subdued, yields might drop, easing corporate profit pressures, said Wapnick.

45.   And inflation is almost non-existent.

46.   And inflation is low to moderate.

47.   And since inflation was what drove many investors to hold gold rather than risk seeing the value of their paper currency deteriorate, gold has become correspondingly less attractive.

48.   And thanks to the quiet resistance of the central bank in the waning months of the Kravchek administration, inflation is down to a level that is almost tolerable.

49.   And when the bond matures, the principal you get back will be increased to reflect all the inflation there was during the life of the bond.

50.   And, yet, inflation is almost nonexistent.