As next week’s all but certain rate rise looms, there is one thing we can all agree on: the end of war in the Middle East can’t come soon enough Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast Jim Chalmers is blaming the latest shocking inflation figures on the worsening Middle East conflict, and he has a point.

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