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If everyone’s feeling the squeeze, where’s all this inflation coming from?

Many of us are feeling under cost-of-living pressure, so what’s causing the inflation the RBA acknowledges is making Australians “furious”?

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CommBank’s Head of Market Strategy and Rates Research Adam Donaldson unpacks the global bond sell-off, why yields have pushed higher and what it could mean for interest rates, markets and Australia.

CommBank’s Head of Australian Economics Belinda Allen talks about inflation, household spending, the labour market and the RBA outlook.

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