Should inflation come down quickly?

From Morning Report, 8:25 am on 4 August 2022

Inflation in Aotearoa is at a 32-year high - so surely the faster it can be brought down, the better.

Not so, say researchers from the University of Auckland. They say the relationship between inflation, unemployment and happiness is a little more complicated.

Economics Professor Robert MacCulloch spoke to Corin Dann.

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