Is the currency crash bad news for NZ's cost of living headache?

Currency markets have been absolutely rocked over the last week.  
 
The British pound has collapsed, and the New Zealand dollar has also been on a sharp slide.

So what’s going on with international currency markets? Is this the beginning of the threatened recession? And can this downward trajectory be reversed? 

Today, Damien is joined by Infometrics principal economist Brad Olsen to sort through this global financial upset, as we try to gauge whether this is a bump in the road or a cavernous pothole.

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