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 132 (25th November 2022)
This background paper summarizes various proposals for organising the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. The governments of Ukraine and donor countries are currently discussing a “coordination platform” for aid.
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Friday Reading Edition 132 (25th November 2022)
Yael Selfin, Chief Economist at KPMG (UK) provided an overview of the UK’s economic outlook over the summer, though her discussion of the UK’s economic fundamentals continues to be relevant today.
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Friday Reading Edition 132 (25th November 2022)
Global economic activity is experiencing a broad-based and sharper-than-expected slowdown, with inflation higher than seen in several decades. The cost-of-living crisis, tightening financial conditions in most regions, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic all weigh heavily on the outlook.
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Friday Reading Edition 132 (25th November 2022)
A summary of the announcements in the Autumn Statement of 17 November 2022 and an overview of the latest economic forecasts.
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Friday Reading Edition 131 (18th November 2022)
Trade policy actions on food and fertilisers have risen sharply since the start of the war in Ukraine. This adds to trade measures implemented to respond to potential domestic food shortages at the beginning of the pandemic.
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Friday Reading Edition 128 (28th October 2022)
Despite the economic slowdown, inflation pressures are proving broader and more persistent than anticipated. Inflation is also broadening well beyond food and energy.
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Friday Reading Edition 128 (28th October 2022)
Attempts to address global inflation through quantitative tightening, by raising interest rates, is now affecting all tiers of the construction and property development chain including the financing of projects.
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Friday Reading Edition 128 (28th October 2022)
This report expects inflation to moderate significantly from the middle of next year, as the energy shock is no longer reflected in the year-on-year inflation calculation. However, we could be entering an environment that is structurally more inflationary, as production costs – from materials to energy and labour – remain elevated.
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Friday Reading Edition 128 (28th October 2022)
Dame DeAnne Julius of Chatham House speaks about what to expect from the cost-of-living crisis and its political consequences.
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Friday Reading Edition 128 (28th October 2022)
[This page is regularly updated] The Bank of England expects inflation to stay at or a little above 10% for a few months before starting to come down.
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