Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 124 (30th September 2022)
[Video is free to watch; full article only available to subscribers of The Economist] Why has Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget sent shock waves through the markets for the past week?
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Friday Reading Edition 124 (30th September 2022)
The outlook for the global economy has “darkened” and the world is at a point of “significant economic danger”, according to the World Economic Forum’s Chief Economists Outlook survey.
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Mini-Budget response Text
Friday Reading Edition 124 (30th September 2022)
The plan seems to be to borrow large sums at increasingly expensive rates, put government debt on an unsustainable rising path, and hope that we get better growth – says Paul Johnson, IFS Director.
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Friday Reading Edition 124 (30th September 2022)
The latest update on recent economic (September 2022), financial and budgetary decisions and developments following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It includes recent information relating to the EU sanctions regime, recent economic estimates, and policies supporting economic and financial resilience, including the coordination of national economic and fiscal measures.
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Friday Reading Edition 124 (30th September 2022)
The combination of supply chain bottlenecks, generous government spending, tight labour markets and a commodity shock triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has caused inflation to shoot well above central banks’ targets across many developed economies. That’s putting pressure on household finances and business margins.
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Friday Reading Edition 124 (30th September 2022)
UK economic growth is slowing and is widely expected to reduce to a crawl in 2023, with real GDP expansion potentially one of the lowest in the G20 group.
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