Australia’s public sector can’t be blamed for the renewed acceleration in inflation across the second half of last year. But the inexorable surge in public spending in recent years is a key reason why capacity constraints never disappeared despite aggressive monetary tightening. And with scant evidence that Labor has learned its lesson, the RBA has more work to do.
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