The money supply is unaffected by discharges.

Ah, OK. Maybe “inflation” is the wrong word, but there’s a response. Insurance becomes more expensive, loans become more expensive, basically everybody for whom such an event is a risk reacts to its probability growing.

but it’s not the doomsday scenario you’re painting it to be

Well, I’m not saying it’s literally a doomsday scenario, just that it likely wouldn’t benefit the person dreaming about it more than it would harm them.

Nono, inflation is the right word. Inflation isn’t caused by the money supply, but by supply vs demand. If demand suddenly increases, there will be inflation. If a lot of money is printed and is thrown in a hole, money supply will increase, but there’ll be no inflation.

Well, yes, I’m just always floating in economic terms, it really doesn’t help that people around often have differing ideas on what these mean.

Only decreases (if we are speaking about demand for money, not demand for commodity bought with it), not increases, but I think it’s an error, not a mistake. =\

Ah, I was talking about the demand for commodities/services.