Australian inflation: Blaming it on greedy business and not the public sector is a cop out
It was the spillover of public sector stimulus that lasted for too long, not price gouging by companies that fuelled the inflation outbreak.
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It was the spillover of public sector stimulus that lasted for too long, not price gouging by companies that fuelled the inflation outbreak.
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