Annual inflation has hit 6.9 per cent for the year to March 31, the largest movement since a 7.6 per cent annual increase in the year to the June 1990 quarter, StatsNZ said today.
The figure was lower than some economists had feared with forecasts of up to 7.4 per cent.
National's finance spokesperson Nicola Wills joined John MacDonald.
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