Increased inflation basically means that your dollar isn't worth as much as it was. The Reserve Bank likes to see only a gradual percentage increase of 2% per annum, currently, it's a lot higher than that. In fact the highest it's been for a long time.
It's due to many things, but some major factors are:
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