Join the AICD’s Chief Economist Mark Thirlwell GAICD for this weekly deep dive into the latest econo
Australia's GDP contracted in the first quarter and Australia is now in its first recession in nearl
Treasury made a $60 billion blunder on JobKeeper. Now what should we do with the spare money? Plus n
A record number of Australians lost their jobs in April and now one in five workers is either unempl
The Reserve Bank has set out three scenarios for the Australian economy depending on how we go over
Rising tensions over the Australian government's calls for an inquiry into the origins of coronaviru
The coronavirus crisis has seen steep spikes in the prices of some goods and dramatic falls in other
There is some speculation that the lives lost due to the recession could outnumber those from the co
After two decades obsessing over budget surpluses, Australia is entering a new normal with a massive
With a coronavirus vaccine expected to take 12 to 18 months, smart people are starting to think abou
As the global economy goes into freefall, policymakers are faced with a dilemma: how do they slow ac
Mark and Ivan discuss how bad the coronavirus crisis could get, what the impact might be on GDP and
Are there any positives to take from the latest GDP numbers? Is the RBA about to embark on QE? And i
With Mark back from holidays, we catch up on the RBA's historic rate cut early this month and do a N
Special guest Jamie Smyth of the Financial Times helps Mark and Ivan make sense of the Brexit omnish
What the hell is an inverted yield curve and should we be worried? This episode was recorded on 22 A
Finally, we are back! New AICD chief economist Mark Thirlwell joins Ivan to talk about why Mark fell
Stephen and Ivan catch up on the budget and discuss the fragile Chinese economy.
In the first episode of the year, Stephen and Ivan catch up on the 'boomy' November retail sales and
In this episode, recorded in early December, Stephen and Ivan look ahead to 2018. Will the Reserve B
Stephen and Ivan talk about the 'terrible' August retail sales and the better than expected FY17 bud
