What is "Disruption"?  According to Dictionary.com: forcible separation or division into parts. a disrupted condition: After the coup, the country was in disruption. Business. a radical change in an industry, business strategy, etc., especially involving the introduction of a new product or service that creates a new market: 2018 is seeing our world change rapidly in so many ways some due to various disruptions. This has caused some people to ask if disruptions cause inflation. This year U.S. inflation as of June is up from 1.63% in 2017 to 2.80% in 2018.  Inflation on a global scale is a percent or two higher at 3.15% in 2017, and projected to see out the year 2018 at 3.31%. … [Read more...]