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 248 (16th May 2025)
Building resilience to climate change is set to become an even more critical focus, spanning health, infrastructure, and the value of water. Geopolitical risks and an increasing pushback against regulation pose significant challenges to further progress in tackling climate change and protecting the environment.
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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 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)
What did we learn from the chancellor's 'update'?
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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)
"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 Chancellor wants to only make major tax and spending announcements once a year, in the Budget. It was therefore expected that the Spring Statement would be limited, with the Chancellor largely responding to the OBR’s second forecast of the financial year.
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