Australians need not be frightened by the thought that only higher unemployment alone will ease inflation, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.
Earlier this year, incoming RBA governor Michele Bullock used a speech to predict that the RBA expected unemployment to rise to 4.5 per cent, in order for inflation – currently at six per cent – to return to the central bank’s target of two to three per cent.
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