A new report from the ESRI is predicting that due to uncertainties around the global economy, namely the Russian invasion of Ukraine, inflation could average 6.7 percent in 2022 and 5.0 percent in 2023.     

Oana Peia Assistant Professor at the School of Economics, University College Dublin spoke to Shane on the show this morning.

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