      There is some disagreement among analysts as to whether producers orconsumers play a larger part with regard to inflation. The debate is notwhich group causes inflation, but rather which came first, the chicken orthe egg. Some analysts believe that producers are the first cause ofinflation, others believe that it is the consumer (and others believe thatit is the Democrats). Nevertheless, all analysts agree that both theconsumer and the producer make up the majority of the inflationary pie.