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Doom and gloom as Chalmers warns of inflation rise

A widely-tipped interest rate hike on top of the ongoing global fuel crisis is spelling doom and gloom for household budgets as Jim Chalmers warns Treasury thinks inflation could rise close to 5 per cent. 

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