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The general cause for inflation is that the amout of money flowing from "nowhere" into the economy (ex.: quest rewards, items sold to NPCs) is higher than the money flowing out from the economy (buying items from NPCs). This causes that the people generally posess more money, so they'll be willing to pay more when the sellers are trying to increase prices.
However, except that after the first big inflation, the prices will get stabilized, and the inflation will be very little. The economic system is good; most of the drops can be sold to other players for better price than you could get from NPC, while the players will keep spending money on stones and upgrading weapons. When this system really is set into motion (people with tier3/4 production skills are present to buy HQ materials), the inflation will cease.
Anyway, i believe that an economy is good when the prices are relatively high - when everyone can afford the basic items from NPCs, but things like item+5s or Unique items are very rare, and actually posess high value.
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