Inflationists claim that is a trend to oblivion. And actually it is. But it's a slow trend towards oblivion with intermittent disruptions as the following chart shows.

CPI - Urban Consumers - All Items - Percent Change From Year Ago

The CPI hit a record low of -1.959 in July of 2009.

My prediction made in 2005 or so, was and still is "The US would go in and out of deflation a number of times over a long period of time".

I was speaking in terms of "credit deflation", but that occurred as well. Either way, I was correct and the inflationists who predicted hyperinflation before deflation were simply dead wrong.