<p>An economist says despite entering the year 'quite optimistic', we could now be staring down the barrel of another recession </p><p><strong><em>Higher fuel costs mean higher transport costs, and that means higher prices across the board - and that&#x27;s a hard pill to swallow for Kiwis three years into a cost-of-living crisis<br/></em></strong></p><p>Find The Detail on <a href="https://newsroom.co.nz/category/podcasts/podcast-the-detail/">Newsroom</a> or <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail">RNZ</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/the-detail?share=d4b5ae62-60f6-43ab-9015-1d0ae20652a2">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>