What people consider ‘bad’ inflation is too much money/demand chasing constrained supply that can’t keep up.
If it is a required/needed good, that causes people to raise the amount they are willing to spend to get what they need. Inflationary spirals happen when this ‘infects’ enough markets. Everyone is spending all their money chasing an ever harder to get/more expensive set of essentials, and are willing to spend more and more as time goes on as they get more desperate.
Lumber is probably negotiable/non-essential enough it’s not likely to kick off an inflationary spiral. Food, rent, transportation, though tend to be key.
If it is a required/needed good, that causes people to raise the amount they are willing to spend to get what they need. Inflationary spirals happen when this ‘infects’ enough markets. Everyone is spending all their money chasing an ever harder to get/more expensive set of essentials, and are willing to spend more and more as time goes on as they get more desperate.
Lumber is probably negotiable/non-essential enough it’s not likely to kick off an inflationary spiral. Food, rent, transportation, though tend to be key.