Inflation can sometimes be ignored short term, under five years, but long term it has a dramatic affect on savings, spending power, and overall wealth.  Almost all government backed currencies loose somewhere around 1% of their value per year due to inflation (continued printing of the currency).  That's around 99% of their value lost every 100 years.  I0coin is comitted to a low inflation strategy to prevent value loss in this way.  The price will still fluctuate up and down, but not due to inflation.