Perhaps the higher gold, silver, platinum, oil, food and other prices have something to do with the massive amount of money the Fed has pumped into the economy since 2002, and the incredible spending the DC gubment has engaged in for decades.

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/112563/BRICS-move-dol...

This is only the beginning. The inflation has already occurred, the price increases are beginning now. Hold tight. Zombie time is coming.