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28 October 2026

Jim Chalmers is blaming Australia’s accelerating inflation on Trump – but voters aren’t buying it

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Source reporting: Guardian Australia Politics

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Jim Chalmers is blaming Australia’s accelerating inflation on Trump – but voters aren’t buying it

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 Jim Chalmers is blaming the latest shocking inflation figures on the worsening Middle East conflict, and he has a point. The trouble is, voters aren’t buying what the treasurer is selling.

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