closer:Sooner or later the Fed is going to have to start raising interest rates again to bring down inflation.
Early 2009 the latest.
closer: I would like to see some hard information on how various economic sectors performed during the rampant stagflation in the 1970s and early '80s.
In the 70's and early 80's, there was wage inflation. So far, there hasn't been wage inflation. Also, Ben Bernake is no Arthur Burns. So I don't know how relevant data from that time period will be this time around.