The Dismal Science

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

Episodes

Total: 223

183 - Narrowing path

2024/3/7

Inflation is falling but so is growth, is the path to a soft landing for Australia narrowing still?

182 - Trade daze

2024/2/29

The World Trade Organisation met last week. Not that you'd know it. Is the dream of global trade don

181 - Bumpy road

2024/2/18

An uptick in US inflation shows the path back down might not be smooth, plus back home the labour ma

180 - Speak now

2024/2/11

After the new look RBA meeting, the governor now holds a media conference where she addressed the fu

Inflation is moderating in Australia and the IMF says the global economy is on "the final descent to

178 - Stage 3 and me

2024/1/27

We look at the government's changes to the Stage 3 tax cuts. How will this affect the distribution a

177 - Twenty twenty more

2024/1/19

Happy New Year listeners! Big ep to get us rolling: Consumer confidence sliding, signs of slackening

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,