May 10, 2021 | Inflation Boom Steve Saretsky Steve Saretsky is a Vancouver residential Realtor and author behind one of Vancouver’s most popular real estate blogs, Vancity Condo Guide. Steve is widely considered a thought leader in the industry with regular appearances on BNN, CBC, CKNW, CTV and as a contributor to BC Business Magazine. Steve provides advisory services to banks, hedge funds, developers, and various types of investors. Inflation is picking up, this is particularly the case for commodities. Commodities jumped to their highest in almost a decade as a rebound in the world’s largest economies stokes demand for metals, food and energy. The Bloomberg commodity index is now up a whopping 50.54% from last year, and 20% year to date.