There is a reason for the discrepancy between experts 'theories and the impression which consumers have derived from their personal experience. In the years since 1989, when the "money game" of stock and property speculation was at its height, the nightmare of rising prices has been repeated every year.
專家理論和消費者切身感受的落差其來有自。從金錢遊戲泛濫的民國七十八年開始，近七、八年來，物價夢魘年年上演，被譏為「台灣錢淹腳目、台灣物價淹肚臍」。