Issuance VS Burn Rate

Hi everyone! I am seeing that lately ETH has been slightly inflationary. I'm trying to grasp the ultimate plan for the ETH blockchain based upon improvement proposals as well as live metrics in order to understand what developers want for the blockchain. Ultimately this is to sell an SLT to possibly invest into ETH.

I'm glad that the latest update has made ETH cheaper to transact in which will help with day to day transactions, however this has made the supply inflationary as the burn rate is lower. Is the goal to have a slight amount of inflation? Is the goal to have an elastic supply where issuance and burn rate are roughly the same? or is the goal for a strictly deflationary supply?

From a value proposition this matters and I feel like the Devs haven't really put their feet down on what their intentions are. (I could be very wrong.) My main criticism of the first smart contract project is that they often don't clarify their thoughts until there is a bull run.

I'm open to thoughts, articles and conversation. I'm just trying to educate myself as much as possible. Thank you in advance.