Barrons had quite a few articles on inflation this week. In many of them, there seems to be a consensus that the fed may move its inflation target from 2 percent up to 3 or 4 percent since many do not believe they have the will to raise rates too much higher and because the government likely wants to inflate away much of the debt. If they move it to 4 percent then that is really going to be an interesting variable to look at in a retirement calculator. I think most of the calculators assume 2-3%. I think I would prefer a recession and the taming of inflation versus moving the inflation rate higher to keep the economy afloat. Of course we could always get the worst of both worlds, stagflation.