The Dismal Science

Join the AICD’s Chief Economist Mark Thirlwell GAICD for this weekly deep dive into the latest econo

Episodes

Total: 216

176 - A merry little quizmas

2023/12/24

It's another bumper quizmas episode. We score Mark on last year's forecasts and gaze into the crysta

175 - Polyphonic spree

2023/12/15

The RBA will now speak with multiple voices with all board members expected to speak to the public.

174 - Hitting the wall

2023/12/8

"Australia's economy hit the wall in the September quarter," according to Westpac economist Andrew H

173 - Mileinarianism

2023/11/24

Self-described anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei has won the Argentine presidential election. Do despe

172 - Raise you

2023/11/17

The third quarter saw wages rise at a record rate in Australia and despite a slight increase in head

With another rate rise last week and no easing in sight, Australia seems to have joined the higher f

170 - Here we go again

2023/10/31

The signs are pointing to another rate rise next week, the first on Michele Bullock's watch, as infl

169 - Geo noir

2023/10/19

With wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the world has become a more dangerous place. How should bo

168 - Goldin hour

2023/10/15

We look at the wide-ranging work of Caludia Goldin, this year's recipient of the Nobel Prize in econ

A mixed bag this week: the government's jobs white paper, another inflation spike, wilting retail sa

166 - Proceed carefully

2023/9/22

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has promised to proceed carefully with any future changes to interest rats i

165 - Slow Gurner

2023/9/17

Colourful property developer Tim Gurner caused an outcry calling for the unemployment rate to rise,

164 - Lowe's last stand

2023/9/8

Governor Lowe's last RBA meeting and rates are on hold. Is the next move of the new era down? Plus,

Central bankers turned philosophical at last week's annual Jackson Hole conference as they contempla

Australia's growth will slow and its population age over the next forty years, putting pressure on t

161 - Missing values

2023/8/18

China this week suspended its youth unemployment data, having registered a record high in June. It's

China's economy is experiencing a bout of deflation. Consumer demand is weak, the population is grow

159 - Are we there yet?

2023/8/4

The RBA has kept interest rates on hold for the second meeting in a row. Are we now, finally, done w

Inflation in Australia is coming down. Have we won the war? Should Governor Lowe feel stiff? Or will

157 - Bullock at the gate

2023/7/17

The white smoke is billowing from Martin Place, we have a new RBA governor. So who is Michele Bulloc