‘This may be a permanent reduction in our living standards’: Trevor Tombe on what experts are getting wrong about the inflation story

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University of Calgary economist and regular Hub contributor Trevor Tombe discusses his latest article on the difference between inflation growth and price levels and how certain goods such as food and housing have faced far faster price inflation than the rest of the economy.

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