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Given how little labour goes into making food (~3% of the population feeds the other 97%), and how low the margins on farming and food distribution are, inflation or not, your food will not start costing 50% of your income.

What's actually going to happen is that food, air travel, and cars will remain cheap, while investments, like stocks, houses, etc, will rise in price. That's the direct consequence of QE.




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