david: professor allan meltzer, professor, thanks so much for coming on.n today's journal. thanks for being on. >> thank you. david: we've been asking you on facebook and twitter if you are seeing inflation. buzz is, close to as i can get pronouncing his name, he says i find products have jumped by price in 50% by just over couple months. you can tweet us, by the way your answers at fbna. b. we still have time to read some at the end of the show. liz? liz: how about airline tickets? airlines seeing profits soar. carriers ordering new high-tech planes at rapid pace and those are expensive. how do passengers benefit? coming up we talk to the ceo of a aircraft leasing giant. >>> it is a bird, a plane, no. just the army's latest new idea. it is unmanned flying truck. we'll show you how it works when we take you "off the desk." ♪ mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of prote