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Tess Ikonomou

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Treasurer backs inflation target despite rates risk - The Untold Story

Jim Chalmers says he is focused on working with the Reserve Bank to get inflation under control. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has backed the central bank's determination to get inflation back to target, despite blaming it for "smashing" economic growth with higher interest rates. 

Annual inflation is running at close to four per cent and well outside the Reserve Bank of Australia's two to three per cent target band.

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