Prices are expected to rise for consumers as Omicron spreads.

The latest Consumer Price Index is due out on Thursday morning.

ANZ economist, Finn Robinson, told Roman Travers he thinks inflation will be between 5.5 and 6.5 percent for the year to December.

He says Omicron will hit us in the pocket because a huge chunk of the workforce will probably have to isolate, like overseas.

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