Join the AICD’s Chief Economist Mark Thirlwell GAICD for this weekly deep dive into the latest econo
The market has the cash rate in Australia at 3.6% by year's end, up from the current 0.85%. This wou
A bit going on. The Fed is tightening, markets are freaking, crypto is collpasing. Are we headed for
The world is facing a period of prolonged stagflation akin to the 70s, according to the World Bank.
Amid calls for a wide-ranging review of the RBA, we look at what's at stake. Plus, house prices fall
Paul Keating said when the government changes, the country changes. But does the economy change? We
Unemployment is now lower than it's ever been but real wages continue to go backwards. What can we d
The RBA has lifted the cash rate for the first time in more than a decade. How much more is there to
We run through the latest labour market data and ask whether it's ok for a Prime Ministerial candida
The Reserve Bank is signalling it will raise rates imminently, while the Fed Reserve is about to emb
The budget position is better than expected and treasury forecasts are rosy for the Australian econo
An OECD simulation warns of a 1 percentage point hit to global growth from the war in Ukraine, consu
The global economy is being hit hard by supply shocks - first war in Ukraine and now the covid resur
Surging prices, war in Ukraine, the spectre of nuclear conflict – how worried should we be? This epi
Wages growth is off the pandemic floor but remains historically weak. How low can unemployment go in
We are back! Markets are roiling at the prospect of interest rate hikes over 2022. Will central bank
It's another bumper quizmas episode. We score Mark on last year's quiz, look ahead to 2022 and run t
Directors have identified labour shortages as the biggest economic challenge facing Australian busin
Our founding economist Stephen Walters, now NSW Chief Economist, comes back for our 100th episode to
Grab bag this week for our 99th episode: Four more years for Jerome Powell, President Biden taps the
The COP26 climate talks were largely a failure against their stated goals. So is there any hope for
