Price increases - knock-on effects...

With the steep increases in the cost cost of living, households will have to start cutting on unnecessary expenses such as subscriptions, short-term insurance and other so-called non-essential items. This will have a secondary impact on the local economy which is already crippled. And there are other knock-on effects - like an increase in crime. In the newsroom speaks to Gabriel Erastus a local economist for a clearer view.