And here I thought the inflation was due to real demand generated by articles like this:
http://current.com/news/93262592_the-underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imaginable.htm

You probably don't even need to click the link if you're already here.

Also this: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=12682.20

Noting that 58xx GPUs are out of stock everywhere.