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 246 (2nd May 2025)
As we hit the first 100 days mark of US President Donald Trump’s second term, no other single word sums up the preoccupation of business leaders around the world better than tariffs. This podcast assesses the impact of the US’s tariffs, and how risk professionals and their organisations are responding to the fast-moving shifts in global trade. Special thanks to David Benyon, Editor of the Political Risk Podcast; Alexander Frost, Chief Markets Officer at Airmic; and Hoe-Yeong Loke, Head of Research at Airmic, for contributing to such an engaging and thought-provoking conversation.
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Friday Reading Edition 246 (2nd May 2025)
The scale and shock of the president’s policymaking threatens to undermine his primary foreign policy objective: maintaining an advantage over China.
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Friday Reading Edition 246 (2nd May 2025)
The global economy now faces a significant shock with forecasted growth of just 1.9% in 2025, the weakest outturn since the pandemic. This downturn is largely attributed to Donald Trump’s new tariffs which are poised to disrupt global trade this year, pushing the United States into a recession of -0.1%.
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Friday Reading Edition 244 (11th April 2025)
Clyde & Co’s Tariff Tracker provides an overview of all trade restrictions imposed or announced by the US and against the US. The tracker will be updated by its offices across the globe as new measures are introduced.
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Friday Reading Edition 244 (11th April 2025)
The latest: US President Donald Trump's stunning decision to pause most of the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries brought relief for battered global stock markets on Thursday, even as he ratcheted up a trade war with China.
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Friday Reading Edition 243 (4th April 2025)
Developing a future view is often called developing ‘foresight’, and horizon scanning, in the organisational use of the term, is the action part of an organisation’s process of looking forward and informing that foresight view.
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Friday Reading Edition 242 (28th March 2025)
What were the decisions and trade-offs made by Chancellor Reeves?
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Friday Reading Edition 242 (28th March 2025)
"Faltering growth leads to difficult choices” says Yael Selfin, Chief Economist at KPMG UK.
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Friday Reading Edition 242 (28th March 2025)
The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) update, the Chancellor’s response, and what comes next.
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Friday Reading Edition 242 (28th March 2025)
What did we learn from the chancellor's 'update'?
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