[CDB]

That is right and the sad fact is..I doubt prices will ever go back down. At least most of them.

Yep. Even the ultra-liberal economist, J.M. Keynes, acknowledged that "prices are 'sticky' on the downward side."

[crz]

Keynes, Keynes...that rings a bell. Aint he the one who came over here and begged for a loan because the UK was broke?